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Should Sex Offenders Be Banned From The Internet?

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Yesterday, after my cyber stalker Wayne Conley was suspended from twitter (until he can anonymously return with a new account and more harassment), a debate began when a lawyer said sex offenders should be banned from twitter, just like Facebook and MySpace.As mentioned in my post about my stalker, Florida currently has a proposed bill to ban certain sex offenders from using the internet. I stated in that post that I now support the bill, having been, and still continuing to be, the "victim" of Wayne Conley's sick and depraved mind.But I don't believe all sex offenders should be banned from using the internet, or conversing on social media sites.My position is that if the sex offender is a sex offender because of an internet related crime, then they have forfeited their right to use the internet...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on January 05, 2010 (boomark / email).