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GA - Georgia law puts non-offenders on sex registry

View the article here 03/15/2009 By BILL RANKIN - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Child molesters, rapists and other sex criminals often remain dangerous even after they?ve served their time, and Georgia?s sex offender registry is designed to keep a leash on them. - And some are not dangerous.  Someone who made one bad decision when they were young, yet the same leash is applied to them as well.  The laws are diluting the registry by throwing all offenders on their, and treating them all the same. The law, one of the nation?s toughest, tracks most offenders until they die, dictating where they can live and work. - So which state DOESN'T have the "nation's toughest" laws?  They all say that! But the law has a peculiar twist: There are a growing number of registered sex offenders in Georgia who did not commit a sex offense...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 14, 2009 (boomark / email).