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`; var circulars = ' He had to register as an offender for having consensual sex in Idaho. Now, he’ll reclaim his life. Ashley Nerbovig, Idaho Capital Sun Updated at Share This Adobe stock image BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled a Butte man who formerly lived in Idaho would never again have to register as a sex offender in the state of Montana. Randall Menges, 45, was convicted as an 18-year-old under Idaho’s Crime Against Nature statute after he had consensual sex with two 16-year-old boys. Idaho courts have interpreted the statute as a ban on a...

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Flickr In 1994, Randall Menges pleaded guilty to having sex with two 16-year-old boys shortly after he turned 18. One of the boys and Menges both said in a police report that the sex was consensual. The Supreme Court in 2003 found sodomy laws to be unconstitutional, but they remained on the books in many states. Menges ultimately spent seven years in prison and is required to register as a sex offender for life in Idaho. When he eventually moved to Montana, state law there forced him to register since he’d been convicted in Idaho. This week, a federal judge there said Montana “had no rati...

A federal court ruled that a person who has consensual same-sex relations does not pose a threat to public safety.

Listen to Part 1 of this audio verison. The ACLU of Idaho filed the suit last year on behalf of two men convicted under the “infamous crime against nature” law, or one similar to it in another state, who want to scrub it from state code entirely. Idaho’s law criminalizes anal and oral sex – historically including consensual sex – since even before the state’s founding. As of December, 41 people were forced to register as a sex offender in Idaho for committing an “infamous crime against nature.” That means they’re restricted on where they can live, what jobs they can hold and...