# People v. J.W.

> Illinois Supreme Court · February 21, 2003 · 204 Ill. 2d 50

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9819112

## Case

- **Full name:** In Re J.W., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. J.W., Appellant)
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** February 21, 2003
- **Citations:** 204 Ill. 2d 50; 272 Ill. Dec. 561; 787 N.E.2d 747; 2003 Ill. LEXIS 454
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Freeman
- **Judges:** Thomas, McMorrow, Freeman, Kilbride, Rarick
- **Cited by:** 212 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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- explaining that “this court [has] rejected claims that the [sex offender] Registration Act and the Notification Law constitute punishment. We are not persuaded that requiring a juvenile sex offender to register . . . compels a different result”
- finding that the registration requirements under SORA “are not punitive” and finding no merit to juvenile offender’s claim that lifetime registration requirement was analogous to the imposition of the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment
- explaining that "this court [has] rejected claims that the [sex offender] Registration Act and the Notification Law constitute punishment. We are not persuaded that requiring a juvenile sex offender to register ... compels a different result”
- recognizing that rational basis test does not require that statute be best means of protecting public and that it is up to the legislature and not courts to determine whether statute is best means for achieving desired results

## Opinion text

JUSTICE FREEMAN joins in this special concurrence.

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