Oh, you poor sex offenders. You have nowhere to live. You are being displaced from society. Would you consider sex offender reservations? That is what our country did to the American Indians...basically banished from society. The sex offenders can have their own caged in cities, with their own houses, stores, churches, etc. If they choose not to live there, then LEAVE the U.S. Follow the lead of director Roman Polanski. He left the U.S. and moved to France to escape rape charges in the 1970's. Hmm...I believe Michael Jackson would fit into this category as well?!
(AP) - ATLANTA-A federal judge refused to extend an order blocking enforcement of a new Georgia law that bars sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of school bus stops. U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper conceded that his order would result in more confusion over the law - other parts of which have already taken effect - and said he was "deeply troubled" by the law's potential for displacing thousands of offenders.
However, he said blocking the bus stop law from taking effect would be premature. The law says each bus stop must be officially designated by the local school board and so far none have been authorized. Each of the state's 181 school districts must now decide whether to formally designate each bus stop, a move that would essentially prod local police to enforce the law.
Cooper did not rule on the measure's constitutionality, which has been challenged by the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights. The center complained that the measure would make entire counties off-limits to the state's 11,000 sex offenders. It is the only law in the nation that bans offenders from living and working near school bus stops, the center's lawyers said.
Sarah Geraghty, an attorney for the organization, said the law would cause a "mass forced exodus." The rest of the law took effect July 1. It prohibits offenders from living, working or loitering within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of just about anywhere children gather - including schools, churches, parks, gyms and swimming pools. (And WHY should they be hanging around those places?! Do they deserve that right? Their right was taken away when they committed their despicable crime.)
Gov. Sonny Perdue, who signed the bill into law in April, said he appreciated the judge's ruling. "The state's foremost obligation is to keep the people of Georgia safe. This includes doing everything within our power to keep sexual predators away from children," he said.
Judge drops order blocking Georgia sex offender law
(AP) - ATLANTA-A federal judge refused to extend an order blocking enforcement of a new Georgia law that bars sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of school bus stops. U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper conceded that his order would result in more confusion over the law - other parts of which have already taken effect - and said he was "deeply troubled" by the law's potential for displacing thousands of offenders.
However, he said blocking the bus stop law from taking effect would be premature. The law says each bus stop must be officially designated by the local school board and so far none have been authorized. Each of the state's 181 school districts must now decide whether to formally designate each bus stop, a move that would essentially prod local police to enforce the law.
Cooper did not rule on the measure's constitutionality, which has been challenged by the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights. The center complained that the measure would make entire counties off-limits to the state's 11,000 sex offenders. It is the only law in the nation that bans offenders from living and working near school bus stops, the center's lawyers said.
Sarah Geraghty, an attorney for the organization, said the law would cause a "mass forced exodus." The rest of the law took effect July 1. It prohibits offenders from living, working or loitering within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of just about anywhere children gather - including schools, churches, parks, gyms and swimming pools. (And WHY should they be hanging around those places?! Do they deserve that right? Their right was taken away when they committed their despicable crime.)
Gov. Sonny Perdue, who signed the bill into law in April, said he appreciated the judge's ruling. "The state's foremost obligation is to keep the people of Georgia safe. This includes doing everything within our power to keep sexual predators away from children," he said.
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