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Georgia Sex Offender Challenges Online Registration Requirement

By Corey Rayburnyung

Sex offender banishment seems to be catching up with the information age. A Georgia sex offender has brought a constitutional challenge in federal court against a new state law that forces sex offenders to register their passwords, screen names, and e-mail addresses with law enforcement officials. Last year, a federal judge in Utah struck down a similar requirement. Recently, that same judge vacated her decision after the Utah legislature amended the statute to address the judge's concerns. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:A federal judge on Tuesday began weighing arguments for and against a new Georgia law that requires sex offenders to hand over Internet passwords, screen names and e-mail addresses to law enforcement officials in the name of public safety...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on August 31, 2009 (boomark / email).