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Comments: 3 +-   New Jersey Denies Internet from Sex Offenders-> on Friday December 28 2007, @10:45AM eldavojohn

Submitted by eldavojohn on Friday December 28 2007, @10:45AM
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eldavojohn writes "New Jersey just passed legislation making it illegal for sex offenders to use the internet. NJ congresswoman Linda D. Greenstein said, "When Megan's Law was enacted, few could envision a day when a sex offender hiding behind a fake screen name would be a mouse-click away from new and unwitting victims. Sex offenders cannot be given an opportunity to abuse the anonymity the Internet can provide as a means of opening a door to countless new potential victims." While they still can search for jobs, this is a major expansion over the prior legislation which barred them from social networking sites like facebook or myspace."
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  • Seriously. Have these people served their time or not?

    Really, I suppose the legal/justice system here is just all messed up. Too much focus on us-vs-them in order to secure votes, instead of minimizing badness and making sure people have the opportunity to come back to society.

    • While wholesale labeling and banning is un-American, per-person customized restrictions for people who are obviously at high risk of re-offending is not, even if those people have never been convicted of a crime.

      In domestic-abuse cases, it's not unusual to get a restraining order or peace bond [wikipedia.org] against one spouse before a conviction or even after charges have been dismissed.

      Dangerously mentally ill people and suicidal people are locked up for observation and treatment until they can be safely released. In m
      • they have no business locking up the dangerously mentally ill, after all, "they have committed no crime [yet]."

        Yet somehow "society" determined those people were dangerous, despite the fact that they hadn't committed a crime?

        That society is the most dangerous of all.
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