The poorly written laws have resulted in destruction of lives where people of all ages, nonviolent, first offenses which are being broad-brushed into the same box with the sickest, most depraved rapist / killers who are not detered by the laws but continue to do what they do.

We now have a decaying society with a new sub-class society complete with a registry which is trapping the wrong people. We can thank the self-righteous,Fox Bill O’Reilly and his 24/7 soap box to create fear among the people, which he has helped create a decaying, fearful society, with moral panics and ongoing witch-hunts with his 24/7 one-sided rantings.

The sad comments in the blog are the tip of the iceberg. Now all are at risk,while the politicians “move-on” in their pursuit to take away the individual’s rights using “high-profile” labels of the day and fear-mongers. It’s time these abusers are exposed for the monster they have created that has made the U.S. #1 jailer in the world – 1 in 31 in Corrections (Pew Report on the States).

Wake up America! The people are under siege — as the self-righteous prosecutors, media witch-hunters, O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck’s collect millions of dollars annually while destroying the people and our society’s future.

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I. INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………… 2

II. THE NEED FOR A SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS FACED BY REHABILITATED EX-OFFENDERS ………………………………. 7

III. FEDERAL COURTS’ USE OF GENERAL STATUTES AND THEORIES TO SUPPORT AWARDING AN EXPUNGEMENT
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Thank you Mr.Barr for getting people to discuss this topic!
There are many people who blindly believe the lies and eat it up like a hog in slop!
We must join together to vote these idiots out of office!
I am uplifted by the truth being told here.

Bob Barr is correct in his editorial! These laws need to change in restricting after serving time, but we need to look at the laws that are convicting these people without any evidence as well. People lie and memories aren’t always what actually happened. We must have hard evidence and not just an accusation before any charges can be made. Yes, protect the children but don’t destroy lives and families because of a false accusation. I’ve seen families ripped apart by DFCS, detectives, & the DA’s office who are clueless and just out to meet their quota. They don’t care about the truth, but out to win their case and get the “bad guy.”

Wake up Georgia! Your rights are slowly evaporating. Who is next?

Also, we need to find alternatives to prison. Treatment is not being done in prison for any offense. There is no rehabilitation or correction going on in Georgia prisons. If the inmates rehabilitate it is by their own doing and now of the system. The Dept of Corrections has “counselors” teaching the sex offender classes who do not know anything about sex offenders or human behavior at all. I heard about one teacher who wears tight short skirts and sits on the desk with her legs spread showing her crotch to see how the guys react. She will write down their reactions in their parole paperwork. Also, I’ve been told that if a falsely accused convicted sex offender says that he is innocent in the class then he can’t parole out and will have to wait until his max out date. This isn’t treatment, but just the parole board trying to see which ones need to stay in longer. Statistics show that treatment does work and helps decrease recidivism. Statistics also show that sex offenders have a much lower percentage of recidivism than other offenses. Our community would be safer if we spent the money on treatment rather than the registry.

Good going, Bob Barr. Please don’t stop speaking out for us.

The detail they will leave out, however, is that it is THEIR FAULT that this man even came into contact with the boy. Edenfield wasn’t harming anyone at all where he lived, but because his home was too close to either a school, daycare or church he had to move to be in compliance with the states restrictions on where sex offenders could live.

Funny how he had lived that close to a school, day care or church all that time and hadn’t harmed anyone, isn’t it?

And it wasn’t that he had recently been convicted of a sex crime or recently released from prison that was why he had to move, it was because the Georgia legislature made their law RETROACTIVE back to anyone who had committed a sex crime since 1996. It is this part of the law, among others, that is being hammered at.

And what did the Georgia legislature have to say for itself when this crime first happened a while back and was asked to account for the fact that not only was Mr. Edenfield forced to move after he had done nothing wrong but that he was LIVING WITH HIS FATHER, WHO IS ALSO A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER? (Against the law, as two convicted felons can’t live together.)

You ready for this? It was an “unintended consequence”. Much like when you cook your roast too long in the crock pot you get the “unintended consequence” of burnt meat.

I seriously hope that someone in the media will point out that not only was this child’s life needlessly cut short due to a law passed with the purported intentions of protecting children, but that the Georgia State Legislature, and in particular Jerry Keen who authored it, share a degree of responsibility for his death.

There’s blood on the hands of the Georgia State legislature.

I don’t mean anything personal here Debbie, I’m just a bit teed that some people keep missing the point here. NO ONE is even remotely suggesting to be light on the punishment for people who abuse children or anyone unable to make their own decisions in regard to sexual activity. I haven’t read any comment from anyone that even suggest such a thing. BUT, what people such as yourself seem to keep missing is that there are many other people on the sex offender registry, 95% of them in fact according to the Georgia Sexual Offender Review Board, who represent little to no threat to anyone. And the issue we are discussing here is should they, the other 95%, have to abide by the same set of rules and regulations as the 5% who are a significant threat? In what world would that make any sense? And wouldn’t the public be better protected if law enforcement could concentrate on monitoring the 5% that are dangerous rather than having to keep an eye on all of them equally?

Do I have to get out my big red crayon and write it out for you?

If you have a hard time grasping this very simple fact then maybe it is a good thing that you are an “ex” social worker. Gesh!

Georgia’s laws on sex offenders are so preposterous and unjust that they’ve made the hitlist of the famous law blog, Overlawyered.com.