http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/ Switched Comments for Georgia Sex Offenders Must Hand Over Passwords http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 1st 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 2nd 2009 5:00AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 1st 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
While their crimes are despicable at best, their punishments should not be infinite. You can't take out all of society's frustrations and anger on these criminals, after they've served their time.

After these men are out of prison, we've already taken years (decades, even) out of their lives, destroyed any chance these people had of a career, and damned them to living in slums and working at the docks for the rest of their lives. What more do you want from these PEOPLE?]]>Jan 1st 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
Get a clue people if your going to have an opinion.]]>Jan 18th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 1st 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/One was a husband - falsely accused by a vicdictive soon-to-be-ex-wife, who was trying to muster grounds for sole custody of their children. He spent three years in prison, until his case was retried on appeal. Yes, he was found not guilty during the second trial, but the professional, finacial and psychological damage already done was beyond repair...he committed suicide within a year of his release.
The other was a young married man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. He was convicted almost solely on the testimony of his accuser, and the fact that he had no provable alibi for the period of time during which the crime had been committed. The police and DA only did blood-typing, not DNA, and his blood type was the same as the attacker's. He had a public defender and no money for DNA tests that could have exonerated him. his wife divorced him, and even today he is STILL trying to force the courts to at least allow himn visitation with his two children. Two years after his conviction, after he himself had been repeatedly raped in prison, his family and friends were able to raise enough money to persuade an independant lab to DO the DNA testing, and he was given a new trial. He was subsequently proven NOT to be the man who had raped the girl. He is now HIV-Positive, too ill to work, and living in his parent's basement. His life is effectively already over, save but the funeral.
The climate of Guilty-until-proven-innocent surrounding any accusation of child molestation or sexual misconduct has created an atmosphere of unwarrented fear and often results in rushes to judgements, spurred on by police and prosecutors responding to the public's demands that those guilty are punished swiftly and mercilessly, even beyond their time in prison. Placing someone's name permanently on a sex-offender list virtually assures that they will have trouble finding a job, a place to live, never have contact with their own children, and forces them to go on being punished for the rest of their lives...where is the justice in that? We even allow those convicted of MURDER who have served their full sentences back into society. See anything wrong here??? ]]>Jan 1st 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 2nd 2009 4:54AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
Who should we really be keeping an eye on? A murderer, or a sex offender who has been humiliated to the point they either commit suicide, or hide themselves from the public?]]>Jan 18th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 1st 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
Yeah, I agree they should be punished hard for what they did (the really guilty ones), but this, is beyond idiotic

Worse than failure

Even if we forgot for a moment that this is just asking for trouble, it's not like it's secure at all, any offender computer-savy enough can easily bypass it]]>Jan 1st 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 1st 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 1st 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
Can you say a communist party is rising?]]>Jan 18th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
ALL SEX OFFENDERS that have to register, are supposed to do this. My neighbor, an incredibly nice older man, is considered a sex offender. Why? Because a girl he messed around with when he was in his early twenties and then stopped seeing, had him charged with sodomy and other charges.

Should he pay with his privacy? Hand over all his dealings to the state?

How can we expect people to change for the better, if all we ever do is tell them how we never think they will? ]]>Jan 2nd 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/PS.. Brian, I agree with you! Good comment! You are a fair person!]]>Jan 2nd 2009 6:04AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
You are aware that Streaking in College is a Sex Offense and thus makes you a "Sex Offender", as well as a few thousand other semi-innocent things on the law books. Everyone on this board has probably committed a sex offense by Georgia's State Laws, or does everyone here use the missionary position when they have sex? Think this through folks. if you get arrested for any basic sex crime, the government has the right to ask for your passwords to read your comments, political views, discussions with your girlfriend/boyfriend, shopping habits, etc for the rest of your life. That means you have no privacy on the internet. Furthermore this sets a legal precedence for the Government to make other laws allowing monitoring of your internet for other reasons in the future. Big Brother is ready to watch you.

Now who watches the watchers? Do you trust joe-blow government worker with your most private and personal information just because you showed your breast during Mardi-Gras'?

This is a bad law and needs to be struck down.! ]]>Jan 2nd 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/
For the record, I am not talking about 18-19 year old guys having consensual sex with a 16 year old girl. I'm talking about a grown man molesting/raping a child. As far as I'm concerned, once convicted, the molester should be taken out of society forever. ]]>Jan 2nd 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 2nd 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/http://www.switched.com/2009/01/01/georgian-sex-offenders-must-hand-over-passwords/Jan 2nd 2009 11:41AM