Starcher, J., concurring:
I concur in the Court's
judgment because as the majority opinion demonstrates, the law is fairly well
settled that most sexual offender registration statutes, being essentially
civil regulatory statutes, are not subject to an ex post facto analysis.
However, as civil statutes,
these statutes are subject to other constitutional scrutiny, including
substantive and due process scrutiny. A statute which fails to allow a person
to make an individualized showing that their registration is no longer appropriate
may be constitutionally infirm. Nothing in the majority opinion would preclude
the presentation and consideration of such a case. Our law, even at its fiercest
and most protective, must also serve the purpose of rehabilitation. I personally
feel that lifetime registration without even the possibility
of unregistering upon proof of full rehabilitation is wrong as
a policy matter, and it may be constitutionally wrong as well.