to one who has been granted probation and subsequently had his probation terminated. In other words, the requirement of registration ended with the successful termination of the probation. The court refused to pass on the constitutionality of the section, holding that it was not necessary for its present decision.

"A great deal of credit," Mr. Zwerin continues, "should be given the San Francisco Adult Probation Officer who encouraged me to file the petition and to the individual who permitted his name to be used in the petition and was not abashed to have posterity ascertain that he had suffered a felony conviction for a sexual offense."

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its pages the illegality of this section of the California Penal Code for some years now, and we are happy to see that, little by litle, men courageous enough to fight out against discriminatory measures directed at the homosexual are at last coming forward. The chink in the armor of opposition is widening with every new blow. Attorney Zwerin who handled this case without fee, and who paid the costs of court, deserves more than the vote of thanks that it is possible to give him.

It should now be the duty and pleasure of every homosexual living in California who has been convicted of a sex crime which led to probation, to go to his attorney and have those technicalities performed which will release him from the onus of sex registration.

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