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An economically astute(?) forfeiture approach to sex offenders

By Douglas A. Berman

As this article spotlights, legislators in Kentucky are talking about an new way to punish sex offenders:Two state representatives from Northern Kentucky want the property of sex offenders confiscated so that those who use the Internet to lure their victims lose their computers for starters. The bill, filed last month by Reps. Arnold Simpson, D-Covington, and Thomas Kerr, R-Taylor Mill, would ?require the forfeiture of all real and personal property used in or acquired as a result of certain sexual offenses against minors.? If passed, the measure would allow for the seizure of property used by convicted sex offenders, including their cars, money, computers, money, homes ? any personal belongings they may have used during the sex crime against a minor...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).