Sex offenders sue over Georgia law

AP | 6/25/06 | Bluestein

[Seruzawa]

It would ease the problem a lot if they only listed true predators as sex offenders and not the guys who get busted for taking a leak in public or 18 year olds who had sex with their 17 year old girlfriends. some of the categories of sex offender are simply unjust and stupid.

[mysterio]

Agreed. I can see registry for child molesters, but not seniors in high school who had sex with their sophomore girlfriends or who took a leak in public.

[elcid1970]

This article oozes sympathy for a false stereotype: depicting a typical registered sex offender as female violates all statistical logic.

The overwhelming majority of registered sex offenders are adult male dirtbags.

So what's the real point of this article, eh?

[gidget7]

My heart bleeds for them (NOT.)


While I don't have the law near or at hand, I believe it is only a certain level or two that these laws apply to. An 18 year old who has sex with someone even 15, is still a level one. This woman was 30 something, quite a different story. Most all the states have different level, and the most dangerous are the ones that these laws apply to. Someone who enjoys or performs pederasty or pedophilia, are the dangerous one. And those who rape, which would include those who are homosexual and rape.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[...the law makes it impossible for offenders to live in most of the state’s urban and suburban areas. It predicted that many will have to live out of their cars or set up tents or trailers in the woods.]

That's too f*ing bad. These people should be jailed for life or executed anyway. Who cares about how difficut their lives have been made by their sick choices. The lives of their victims have most likely been completely destroyed.

[xrp]

18 year olds who had sex with their 17 year old girlfriends

Age of consent in Georgia is 16.

[nmh]

Well, TOUGH punishment is the price of VERY BAD BEHAVIOR.

I have NO SYMPATHY for SEX OFFENDERS.

They are OFFENSIVE.

They don't deserve to be around children.

[nmh]

"“The reality is that the restrictions are so tough that they are going to backfire by causing people not to report and re-register with their probation officers,” said Sara Totonchi, the center’s public policy director. “As a result, the number of people who will abscond from the registry will increase. And we won’t be able to supervise them.” "

BULL!

They want to lessen the punishment.

Hey, live in a PRO child molestation like Vermont. There are ALWAYS places to live where the courts are in the favor of the criminal.

[goldstategop]

They have to live somewhere. I'm in favor of requiring them to register and not be around schools while they're in session. As for the really dangerous sex criminals, they ought to be locked up for good.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[goldstategop]

You're right. Mere public indecency and having sex with someone's who 17 should not count as a sex offense. Its ridiculous. Not every one is a kiddie pervert and we shouldn't tar every one with the label sex offender. That should be reserved for rapists and pedophiles - in other words, for people who can't control their primal instincts and who pose the highest risk of re-offending.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[sionnsar]

I read somewhere that in other locales this law has increased non-compliance with the registration law from 5 to 10% to at least around 50%.

[VOA]

"A lawsuit filed on behalf of Collins and others this week in federal court by
the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights (funded by George Soros
through his Starbucks Marxist Open Society Institute -- Ed.)argues that
the law makes it impossible for offenders to live in most of the state’s
urban and suburban areas. "

Sounds like "restorative justice" at work...in other words, trying
to let the pedophile/sex-crime offender get less and less punishment.

O'Reilly had a lawyer on that explained this concept has taken hold in
Minnesota and VT...

http://billoreilly.com/show?action=viewTVShow&showID=651

Impact Segment II
More Cashman analysis
Guest: Joshua Markie, Clastop County District Attorney
The Factor has learned
that Judge Cashman may be an adherent of the "restorative justice" theory
promoted by left-wing billionaire George Soros. Prosecutor Joshua Marquis explained
more about the radical theory. "Soros believes we have to reduce the reliance
on prisons, so he's poured tens of millions of dollars into this
'restorative justice' movement, which is centered in Vermont and Minnesota.
They believe punishment is bad, that we should literally hold hands -
have 'sentencing circles' that will restore criminals to the community."
Factor summarized the theory as an affront to justice and common sense.
"Punishment is not good - you've got to try to heal the criminal rather
than punish the criminal. So in Vermont, the little girl's rights are no more
important than the rapist's rights."

[D-Chivas]

This is a ridiculous law. It does nothing to protect children, 90% of whom are molested by somebody they know. It causes non-compliance and forces law enforcement to waste time. Talk to any cop or sheriff in a state that has one of these laws and they'll tell you the truth about it.

[Panzerfaust]

“OK? Now where do you look?” said an exasperated Collins, who was convicted in 2002 of statutory rape for having sex with a 15-year-old when she was 39. “I’ve looked in the country and the city. Where else?”

Hmmm...I think the fine folks in Georgia are giving you a hint, i.e. get out of the state and stay out......

[umgud]

If these folks are a threat to society, keep them locked up.

[Windsong]

The overwhelming majority of registered sex offenders are adult male dirtbags.

Then KEEP them in jail. This silly monitoring and door to door identifying them is a complete joke. Once someone has served their time, that should be the end of it. If they still pose a danger, and you release them onto the community, you have no right to whine if they do a repeat. You should have seen it coming.

Jail them, exterminate them, or release them for good.

[proxy_user]

I think that those on probation are prohibited from leaving, as one of the conditions of probation.

BTW, you have the best nic I've seen here. The GIs used to grab them and use them against King Tigers, because the bazooka and PIAT were useless.

[freedumb2003]

I think an 18-yo having sex with a 16-yo is a bad decision but not to the point where they should have their lives ruined.

As with most "zero tolerance" laws there is "zero brain" involved.

But for the real sex offenders? Neuter 'em and send them as far away from civilized society as possible.

We need Coventry.

[Leofl]

Per Dennis Miller

"There's an easy way to track Pedophiles, it's called Burial. Doesn't even require batteries"