courts have refused to hold that SORNA sex offense registration provisions, when applied to sex offenders whose crimes pre-dated SORNA, violated the...

courts have refused to hold that SORNA sex offense registration provisions, when applied to sex offenders whose crimes pre-dated SORNA, violated the ex post facto clause of the U.S. Constitution. However, states have their own constitutions, many of which include ex post facto clauses similar to the federal clause. In Doe v. Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 62 A.3d 123 (Md. 2013) the highest court in Maryland considered the constitutionality of the Maryland sex offender registration laws. How was that court's decision different from decisions under SORNA? [For those interested in the interplay between state and federal sex offender registration laws, see Department of Public Safety and Corrections v. Doe, 94 A.3d 791 (Md. 2014).