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MADem

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6. I've seen sex offender sentences that are lifelong, though....

Reply to littlewolf (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 27, 2017, 01:13 PM

Feb 2017

They're a condition of release from prison--in effect, it's lifetime parole. That sex offender registry places limits on where people can live, for example. The child molester won't be living in that efficiency apartment across from the elementary school...

I know this has been challenged in some states but it hasn't been overturned at the federal level--if it were, I suspect there'd be more life sentences handed out for those types of crimes.

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NC law banning registered sex offenders from social media faces challenge at Supreme Court [View all] TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP

Great post. Thanks Texas Towelie. ♡ littlemissmartypants Feb 2017 #1

You're welcome. TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #4

1st amendment Simon_Moon Feb 2017 #2

Don't you have to give your age to get on fb and some of these other places? MADem Feb 2017 #3

the parole officer CAN search their computers at any time littlewolf Feb 2017 #5

I've seen sex offender sentences that are lifelong, though.... MADem Feb 2017 #6