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Janice’s Journal: Georgia Law Punishes Registrants, Breaks Up Families

·July 18, 2019
·29 Comments

Registrants and their families are suffering in the State of Georgia. The cause of their greatest concern is a state law that prohibits anyone convicted of a sex offense that…

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GA: Tag reading cams going up at these schools to catch speeders, sex offenders

·June 30, 2019
·44 Comments

[wsbtv.com - 6/22/19] GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - School's out, but new safety measures are already planned for the upcoming school year. New tag reading cameras are going up at four…

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GA: Georgia Court blocks lifelong GPS tracking of sex offenders

·March 4, 2019
·21 Comments

[thebrunswicknews.com - 3/4/19] Georgia's highest court says it's unconstitutional to require "sexually dangerous predators" to remain on electronic GPS monitoring after completing their sentences. The unanimous Georgia Supreme Court opinion…

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GA: City Council passes emergency ordinance banning homelessness

·November 14, 2018
·19 Comments

With an outcry from neighbors about recently released sex offenders living under a nearby bridge, the Ringgold City Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance banning homelessness Monday night. Full Article…

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GA: Georgia sheriff’s office places ‘No Trick-or-Treat’ signs in sex offenders’ yards

·October 30, 2018
·84 Comments

[fox11online.com - 10/30/18] ACKSON, Georgia (WSYX/WTTE) — A Georgia sheriff's office is placing "No Trick-or-Treat" signs in sex offenders' yards in an effort to keep children safe. "As Sheriff, there…

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GA: DCS honors two Rome officers for work on sex offender law

·October 24, 2018
·10 Comments

Two Floyd County Department of Community Supervision officers received commendations Tuesday for the efforts to clarify the importance of ongoing supervision of sex offenders across the state of Georgia. Brandon…

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GA: All registered sex offenders will gather in Council Chambers on Halloween

·October 23, 2018
·44 Comments

[Updated] With Halloween right around the corner, Grovetown is rounding up registered sex offenders to make the night a little less frightening for parents and children out trick-or-treating. Full Article…

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GA: Thomas County deputies keep ‘watchful eye’ on sex offenders

·October 10, 2018
·30 Comments

[walb.com - 10/4/18] THOMAS CO., GA (WALB) - Locating and registering sex offenders is a top priority for Georgia sheriff’s offices. The Thomas County Sheriff’s Office said they verify registered…

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GA: The Jolt: On Stacey Abrams’ ‘08 vote against banishment of sex offenders

·September 16, 2018
·11 Comments

[politics.myajc.com - 9/11/18] On Monday, the Georgia GOP again plunged deeply into the legislative record of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, launching an ad that assailed her vote against a…

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Is it an unconstitutional taking of property without just compensation to require sex offenders to move away from their home if a school, etc is established near their home after their initial occupation?

·July 16, 2018
·13 Comments

In Mann v. Georgia Department of Corrections,653 S.E.2d 740 (Ga. 2007), the Georgia Supreme Court held that a state statute prohibiting registered sex offenders from living or working within 1,000…

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GA: Convicted sex offenders removed from registry

·July 10, 2018
·19 Comments

A little over two decades ago, ____ ____ stood before a judge and pleaded guilty to aggravated sodomy with his 6-year-old daughter. “____ ____ molested his biological daughter,” Chatham County…

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GA: Can be placed on registry without meaningful due process

·June 18, 2018
·6 Comments

[twitter.com - Andrew Fleischman - 6/18/18] Today, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that Georgia could place a man on the child abuse registry without meaningful due process because he…

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GA: Sex offender registry problems cost the state federal funds

·May 28, 2018
·15 Comments

Shortcomings in Georgia’s sex offender registration program are going to cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant money, according to a letter the U.S. Department of…

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GA: Pardon Lifts Requirement to Register as Sex Offender

·May 21, 2018
·6 Comments

Georgia's highest court says a man convicted of sexually abusing a young girl no longer must register as a sex offender after receiving a pardon. Full Article

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GA: He was arrested for a sex act that’s no longer a crime. Years later, he remains convicted

·February 16, 2018
·4 Comments

[washingtonpost.com] Charlton Green was 20 when he was arrested after having oral sex with a 16-year-old male in a Georgia hotel room. He was convicted of a sex crime —…

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GA: Can’t pay for a lie detector test? For one man that could mean jail

·November 10, 2017
·8 Comments

A North Georgia homeless man may go to prison for 18 months because he cannot come up with $250 to take a court-ordered polygraph test. Such a move would seem…

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GA: Sex offenders require constant vigilance from law enforcement

·April 3, 2017
·12 Comments

When ____ ____ set foot in South Georgia a few years ago, he had just spent 30 years in a Detroit prison for being a serial rapist convicted 10 times…

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GA: Sex offender argues mandatory ankle monitors are unconstitutional

·December 7, 2016
·3 Comments

As opposing attorneys argued the constitutionality of the Sex Offender Registry Review Board on Monday, several Georgia Supreme Court justices kept focusing on an aspect of the law that applies…

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