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Editorial Argues That Sex Offender Laws Go Too Far

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is running an interesting op-ed piece which discusses how Georgia's sex offender law goes too far.  From the editorial:Andrew Norton grew up in a brutish household. His stepfather beat him and his brothers and made them watch pornography with him. Norton was forced to sleep at the foot of the bed while his mother and stepfather had sexual relations. After the state eventually intervened and terminated parental rights, Norton was placed in a foster family when he was 13. Norton, now a married man with two children of his own, has since found solace in his family and his church, where he has been an active volunteer. But the state of Georgia that was once his protector has become his persecutor. After driving him out of four homes in the past four years, state officials now want to drive him out of his church as well...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).