Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sex Crimes

Criminal Law

: Sex Crimes

Georgia Supreme Court Rules that Registration Requirements Unconstitutionally Vague as Applied to Homeless

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in a case that we blogged about a while back concerning homeless sex offenders in the state. In a 6 to 1 decision, the Georgia Supreme Court held that the statute was unconstitutional as applied to homeless sex offenders because it was impossible for them to comply with the law's requirements. From the New York Times:Georgia's top court ruled Monday that a provision in Georgia's strict new sex offender law is unconstitutional because it fails to tell homeless offenders how they can comply with the law.The law is designed to keep sex offenders away from children by monitoring how close they live to schools, parks and other spots where kids gather. But critics say it unfairly subjects homeless offenders to a life sentence if they fail to register a home address...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).