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View the article here Just because someone commits a crime, doesn't give the government the right to do anything they wish to that person! 01/26/2009 Maybe you?ve seen one of the news stories about the revised Georgia statute (Georgia Code § 41-1-12) that now requires sex offenders to turn their Internet passwords, screen names and email addresses over to authorities. The purpose of the revised statute is to give authorities the ability to track what sex offenders are doing online, to, in the words of one news story, ?make sure? they ?aren?t stalking children online or chatting with them about off-limits topics.? Critics of the law say it goes too far, since it will let law enforcement agents read emails a sex offender sends to anyone, including family and employers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 26, 2009 (boomark / email).