1.   A sex offender is challenging that law on the basis that its notification provisions would jeopardize his relations with his employer and neighbors.

2.   But committee members said they are seeking an advisory opinion from the Supreme Judicial Court on whether public notification provisions of the bill pass constitutional muster.

3.   But it is not expected to change the broad scope of the law or the notification provisions.

4.   But the new laws have been beset by challenges, with most of the debate focusing on the notification provisions.

5.   He said the harm Diaz would face through the notification provisions was greater than the threat the community faced by not invoking them.

6.   He said the sole reason for the notification provision was public protection.

7.   Last summer, the Public Defender filed a federal suit contending that the notification provisions violate the privacy rights of this class of offenders.

8.   Last July the State Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law but gave offenders the right to challenge notification provisions made against them.

9.   Notification provisions might cost freed offenders a measure of their anonymity, Wilentz wrote.

10.   State law-enforcement officials argue that the notification provisions provide for public protection and were not intended to produce ostracism or vigilantism.