Atlanta Judge hears challenge to sex offender law
It was only a matter of time before we saw a case like this… Basically, a sex offender in Georgia is challenging a law that requires him (and other RSOs) to turn over Internet user names, e-mail addresses and passwords. He is claiming the law is unconstitutional, in an attempt to be able to remain anonymous on the web… I wonder why.
Now, it doesn’t say why he is branded as a sex offender in the piece – but I did some digging… And according to a blog I found:
He stated in his lawsuit that he’d had one sex offense conviction. He signed it under “penalty of perjury”.
He stated elsewhere that he had two convictions. Both of which he minimized off-handedly:
- Convicted in 1989 of one count of “Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes” (Simply saying the wrong words to an underage person).
- Convicted in 1990 of two counts of “Sending and Receiving Child Pornography through the U.S. Mail” (a “victimless” crime).
In fact Terrence says that he was “a victim of my own desires” and has written extensively regarding his belief that society will eventually have to accept men having sex with boys.
So what’s the message here? Those that like to do bad things will fight for their right to do so in our “land of the free”…
So, only you can truly keep your kids safe online. Don’t wait for government and law enforcement to keep up. Be the law in your house – you are the sheriff; you’re kids are the citizens. Don’t for get that. Do what it takes to keep them safe… Our PC Pandora monitoring software can help!
August 25, 2009
Judge hears challenge to sex offender law
By Bill Rankin, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionLawyers for a Georgia sex offender on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Atlanta to rule unconstitutional a law that requires offenders to turn over their Internet user names, e-mail addresses and passwords.
U.S. District Judge Bill Duffey had appointed lawyers from the Atlanta firm Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore to represent Clayton County sex offender Terrence J. White, who initially challenged this provision of law by filing his own lawsuit. At Wednesday’s hearing, Duffey did not issue an immediate ruling, said Nichole Iannarone, one of White’s attorneys.
State officials have said this provision of the law, which took effect this year, helps authorities protect the public from sexual predators.
