In a landmark judgment involving a convicted sex offender who was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely at the age of 15, three judges said the scheme, as it stands, is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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Scots sex offenders win human rights fight
Judges have ruled the system that places sex offenders in Scotland on a register for life with no way of being removed is in breach of their human rights.
