Sex offenders and the 'net

Justin Schwartz jkschw at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 7 11:54:27 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.
>

It's a federal crime to _solicit_ sex with a minor using interstate wires. You don't have to actually have the sex, and it doesn't have to be a real minor, you just have to solicit sex with someone you think is a minor.

jks


>
>--- 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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