In addition to registration, an offender is required to undergo an evaluation conducted by the Sexual Offender Assessment Board (SOAB) who, using designated criteria, makes a recommendation on whether or not to designate the offender as a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP). In Pennsylvania, anyone convicted of any one of the enumerated sexual offenses contained in the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), is required to register as a sexual offender for either 15 or 25 years or for the remainder of their lives based on a three tiered registration scheme. In a long awaited decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the statutory scheme used in the Commonwealth to designate certain individuals convicted of sexual offenses as sexually violent predators (SVPs) to be lawful.
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