affected area of georgias new sex offender law?

Answer 1

uh about all of them .to the answer about them being real hard on them watch out Georgia is sending them YOUR way! the laws r so tuff it is forcing them to be homeless(how do u find them?) or move somewhere there is No kids (which is where?) or move OUT OF STATE. sex offender does not mean petafile .that is what they need to do -redefine sex offender . i am not scared of the now 20 something girl or boy who had consentual sex w/ a minor when they were in highschool.how can some one find aplace to live in 2 wks? much less not near a bus stop or school or church daycare -i say keep the PETAFILES in prison then this wouldnt be up 4 discussion. oh by the way if you ever in your life had sex w/ someone under 18-you are a sex offender,so dont be afraid to ask 4 I D

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

actually we just semi won on the court thing

we are getting this removed

http://www.schr.org/aboutthecenter/pressreleases/HB1059_litigation/NewsArticles/news_hb1059_augustachronicle01.htm




Sex offenders await decision on restraining order

By Sandy Hodson
June 28, 2006

Stacy Rush said Tuesday he hopes he will get the same break that a federal judge granted to a handful of other convicted sex offenders this week.

A day earlier, U.S. district Court Judge Clarence Cooper granted a temporary restraining order for eight plaintiffs who sued the state. The suit challenges a new law that prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of any place children may gather, including school bus stops. The law is to go into effect Saturday.

If the temporary restraining order isn't extended to all of Georgia's estimated 9,000 sex offenders living in communities, most will have to move. The problem as Mr. Rush found out, is there is no place to go.

"I can't find a place. I've been looking everywhere. I can't find anything," Mr. Rush said. "I have a wife of three years I'm going to have to leave."

The Southern Center for Human Rights of Atlanta filed suit on behalf of eight plaintiffs. The center's attorney argues the law will force those convicted of sex crimes onto the streets or into hiding.

No urban or suburban home is more than three football fields' distance from a school bus stop, they contend.

Mr. Rush said he asked the Richmond County sheriff's investigator in charge of the local register where he could move. He suggested Wrens, Mr. Rush said. Without a car, however, he cannot see how he could live that far from his job, Mr. Rush said.

Mr. Rush, 36, served a prison sentence in Virginia for attempted rape of an adult. He moved to Georgia to start a new life and three years ago married and moved to his current home, he said.

It's bad enough being on the registry and being treated like a pariah, Mr. Rush said. But it seems especially unfair to treat him like a child molester when he has never harmed a child. It would be like treating someone caught stealing candy the same as a bank robber, Mr. Rush said.

If the federal judge doesn't grant class certification, which would extend the restraining order to everyone, come Saturday any convicted sex offender found in violation of the law could be charged with a felony punishable by 10 years in prison.

In an e-mail announcement of the most recent developments, Sara J. Totonchi, SCHR's public policy director, wrote: "As you know, the federal judge in the case has determined the bus stop provision is probably unconstitutional ...

"Given that set of circumstances, we believe it would be irresponsible for any sheriff to try to kick people out of the homes this Saturday."

The judge gave the state until 1 p.m. today to respond to the center's request for class-action certification, said Russ Willard, spokesman for Attorney General Thurbert Baker.

It is the attorney general's sworn duty to uphold and defend the laws of Georgia, Mr. Willard said.



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Answer 4

I hope it is a law that is hard on sex offenders and I hope it is the whole state- in fact, I hope it is the whole south

Answer 5

Well, I live in Georgia and in my community, we go by the OLD sex offender program, we catch you and you're gator bait, well on your way to becoming gator $hit

Answer 6

i hope its the whole state, it needs to be the whole country.There was a lady on the news whining about not having any rights. she doesn't deserve them, she belongs in a zoo.

Answer 7

Criminal Records Search Database : http://InfoSearchDetective.com

Answer 8

We are way too easy on those who decide to abuse children. Here is my answer to these people who abuse our loved ones
Sex Offender Legislation “Wish List”
1-GPS and lifetime supervision/treatment Law The failure of today's solutions regarding sexual offenders is because we are stuck in the strategy of “public notification” rather than “controlling offenders”. The current model puts the burden on parents rather than offenders, and makes the wrong people work to prevent abuse. Remotely (GPS) knowing where an offender is at all times throughout his lifetime can help to prevent that offender from creating new cases of sexual abuse.
2-Include all known offenders in the management plan-for life. It is wrong to include just those under supervision since the Meagan’s Law was written. People do not ever age out of this behavior so why an old is charge less important than a new charge. Sexual offences are the most under reported crimes (according to the FBI). The fact that a molester has not been arrested recently does not necessarily means he has not offended. In my opinion all offenders should be included in any plan, regardless of when their offense occurred. I believe some states have done this already.
3-Put all offenders , levels I, II or III on the website . I believe Florida does this. The leveling tool is very poor and pedophiles often end up with only a level I because they did not use force, and they superficially complied with treatment. The way the leveling system works pedophilic “groomers” who do not use force (and are the most busy of all offenders with hundreds of victims) are often not level III’s and therefore are able to have their offense relatively unknown. In New York for example offenders can lawyer up and reduce the “level” they get at their hearing. Molesters can assert they are “non violent”, “sober”, ect, and get the “points” reduced or get the judge to “override” the scale. Currently the public notification system is failing. All offenders of all levels should be on the website.
4- “Victim Shield Law”. As you know one of the few protections we offer rape victims is “Rape shield laws”, in order to at least try and prevent a rape victim’s sexual history from being put on trial rather than the rapist. In child sexual abuse cases there are no “Rape shield laws” to prevent the victim, or the victim’s family (often the mother) from being made the center of negative attention. In the past defense lawyers for rapists would portray rape victims as promiscuous, today child molester’s lawyers portray victims and victim’s mothers as manipulative, litigious, unreliable, angry, mentally ill, sociopathic, medicated, or undedicated. Because we as a society love to blame women, especially mothers, molesters have been able to harness the misogyny in our culture in order to escape responsibility for their offences. Like the old rape cases that would revolve around the victims sexual past, today molester cases revolve around a child or a mother’s real or fictional problems instead of the focus of attention being the sexual abuse committed by the offender. I do not know if there can ever be a “victim shield law” to prevent the victim/victim’s mother being put on trial rather than the molester, but I know it would help victims avoid being re-traumatized in the system and help society hold sexual offenders accountable. One of the things to always remember with offenders is they are control seekers, and will take any opportunity to attack rather than just defend. They feel entitled to their behavior and see being held accountable as an injustice they are being forced to suffer, and they have zero guilt in harming any number of people (even their children) in order to escape the consequences they deserve.
5-Plea deals down to “Endangering the welfare of a minor”. Despite the underlying behavior being the sexual abuse of children offenders are often given convictions that hide the nature of their behavior. When this happens offenders can get employment that gives them access to children, offenders are not on the State Sex Offender Registry. The other consequence to their being given non-sexual charges is that it cuts their supervision time in half. Misdemeanor sex offences carry 6 years probation supervision but “Endangering the welfare of a minor” carries only three. I feel the law should be changed so offenders cannot be given non-sexual abuse charges.
6-Make “Endangering the welfare of a minor” registerable , if the judge feels it was a sexually motivated crime. The registry is to narrow and limited as to what crimes can be registered. Laws be changed so “endangering the welfare of a minor” is registerable when the behavior or motivation was sexual.
7-“Standardized” conditions for those on sex offender probation. Right now offenders with good lawyers can get specific (or all) sex offender conditions removed from their sexual offender conditions of probation. This means that sexual offenders are on probation but are allowed to drink alcohol, work with children, have computers, go to bars, and do other things that will create a higher risk for the community. I feel there should be a “Statewide Sex Offender Conditions of Probation” that conditions cannot be removed from (but conditions can be added to suite the offenders issues).
8-Sexual Offender Contraband law- Strangely it is legal for sexual offenders off probation to own all kinds of things such as handcuffs, police lights, spy cameras, and software to make their internet behavior more anonymous.
9-Sex Offender use of technology law- When bank robbers use technology such as wearing body armor the penalties are increased, why are sex offender allowed to use any technology without added consequences. Offenders choose the internet because it allows greater access to children and greater anonymity. They should be punished for use of technology to harm a child. (technology such as Computers, digital cameras, webcams, ect)
10-“Secrecy Bind Law” The offender getting his victim to not report the crime he committed should be a separate crime that he suffers added consequences for. The pain that a victim suffers because the offender threatened, tricked, or manipulated the victim into silence should be seen as a separate and deserving of added consequences.
11- “Parental Alienation Syndrome” is a pseudo syndrome that is being used to get offenders off the hook by saying (incorrectly) that sexual abuse allegations come from a manipulative ex- playing head games with a child rather than because the child was actually molested. This “Parental Alienation Syndrome” is not a legitimate disorder, has not been subjected to peer review, has been ignored for 20 years by the APA, AMA, NASW, ECT because it is just a sophisticated way to say your wife is crazy and turned everyone against you. It is being pushed by hired guns such as Doctors, PhD’s, and lawyers to get their child molesting clients out of trouble. It is a favorite of the “Fathers Rights” groups who see men as victims of the Family Court system. By the way, these “Fathers rights” groups, “wrongly accused” groups, and “victims of allegations” groups are very organized and spend a good deal of time and energy networking and paying professionals. These angry, entitled molesters are organized and work hard, and I feel we need to work just as hard against them.

Answer 9

NO