Sex offenders and the 'net

Kevin Robert Dean qualiall_2 at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 7 10:24:01 PST 2002


Sure they are perverts and will probably want to commit these crimes again, but I don't see how, if this person is under constant survelience they can commit any crimes using the internet. (ie he would have to physically engage in these activities), so how monitoring where he goes on the internet is going to accomplish anything is beyond me.

--- Justin Schwartz <jkschw at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Even though my instint is telling me otherwise, I
> >would think that once a convicted sex offender is
> out
> >on parole, with his tracking device firmly attached
> to
> >his body should be able to surf the internet
> >unhindered, you know--free speech and all....But
> soon
> >he won't be able to...
>
> Surfing the net isn't a form of speech. Whether
> restrictions on using the
> net to communicate things that are speech are
> reasonable time place and
> manner restrictions on that speech depends. If a
> sexcual predator has been
> using the net to entice children to have sex, why
> wouldn;t it be a
> reasonable restriction to prohibitr him from using
> the net at all? And if
> the price of using it at all is survellience, why
> isn't that raesonable?
> Though how would it beenforced, since the pervert
> could use someone else's
> computer. jks
>
> >
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/01/05/sex.offender.monitor.ap/index.html
> >
> >SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) -- During a seminar on
> >computer software designed to monitor children's
> >Internet use and protect them from sexual
> predators,
> >Don Spurlin wondered if the product couldn't be
> turned
> >around to monitor the predators
> themselves.....ect....
> >
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