North Carolina state law prohibits registered sex offenders from using social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace, but two lawyers believe that the
restriction is unconstitutional. Attorney Glenn Gerding, who is representing convicted sex offender Christian Martin Johnson, argues that the law is too broad, and would prevent his client from using sites like Google or Amazon, since both platforms offer social networking features. "The regulation does not just keep a registered sex offender from engaging in obscene speech with a minor," Gerding wrote, in a motion filed last month. "It prohibits any and all speech, however innocent, even if it's a religious conversation between the offender and his priest, or a discussion of family matters between the offender and his mother."
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Subscribe to commentslen550hpFeb 4th 2011 8:33AM
one question. do we allow felons to qwn guns?
sunnyFeb 4th 2011 8:37AM
I think it is a lovely idea. Let us start by giving the sex offenders every slice of info they could possibly want about those two lawyer's and all their families :)
Sunny
len550hpFeb 4th 2011 8:36AM
one question...Do we allow felons to have guns?
StevenFeb 4th 2011 3:24PM
One question: why do we allow sex offenders back on the streets? They should be locked away permanently, or be handed a one-way ticket to Hell.
SpyDrByTeMar 2nd 2011 2:46PM
@Steven
What about for every sex offender there is, to either secretly or knowingly, install a KEYLOGGER. A program that pretty much logs every keystroke on a computer and can list websites visited, programs opened, etc.
Why not use this method. But if you ask me, I would employ this technique WITHOUT the alleged sex offender's knowledge.
As to catch them in the act, just to see if they would every try to do it again and if so........than they need to go to prison not jail for as long as a person deserves to spend an eternity in the 6th circle of hells gate