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Effective report on the ratcheing back of Georgia's sex offender residency restrictions

By Douglas A. Berman

The AP has this effective new report on the legislative softening of Georgia's sex offender residency restriction. (Hat tip: C&C)   The piece is headlined "Ga. softens once lauded strict sex offender law," and here are excerpts: Georgia was lauded four years ago by conservatives for passing one of the nation's toughest sex offender laws. But the state has had to significantly ? and without fanfare ? scale back its once-intense restrictions. Georgia's old law was challenged by civil liberties groups even before it took effect. After losing court battle after court battle, state legislators were forced to make a change or a federal judge was going to throw out the entire law.  Now that the restrictions have been eased, about 13,000 registered sex offenders ? more than 70 percent of all Georgia sex offenders ? can live and work wherever they want...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).