Tougher law for sex offenders under fire

Tougher law for sex offenders under fire
Human rights groups challenge restrictions

By JILL YOUNG MILLER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/20/06

A class action lawsuit on behalf of Georgia's more than 10,000 registered sex offenders is expected to be filed today in U.S. District Court. The lawsuit challenges sweeping sex offender legislation the state's General Assembly approved this spring and that is set to take effect July 1.

they may win, why was this added in

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/met...xoffender.html

"The suit also seeks an injunction on banning sex offenders from living or loitering within 1,000 feet of a place of religious worship, saying the legislation "impermissibly bars people on the registry from living at faith-based halfway houses and chills religious participation in violation of federal constitutional and statutory law.""

jmho

not to mention this part

"It specifically asks the court to halt enforcement of provisions that would ban registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of school bus stops across Georgia. The new law "essentially banishes everyone on the registry from the state of Georgia," Geraghty said in an interview Monday. "There are literally hundreds of thousands of school bus stops in Georgia.""

I say just keep them in prison, at least set mandatory minimums so we don't have people getting nothing but probation - jmho