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Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS for Life

Posted by timothy on from the no-railing-around-the-slippery-slope dept.

ecmcn writes "According to Yahoo! news, the governor of Florida just passed a bill that, along with increasing the jail time served for convicted sex offenders, requires them to be tracked for life via GPS. No technical details about the tracking, but it mentions "warning authorities when a sex offender is someplace he shouldn't be". Maybe they can get Google maps to add red zones around all of the restricted areas."

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  1. Great idea. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    "warning authorities when a sex offender is someplace he shouldn't be"

    2005.05.02-14:49 WARNING: Jackson, Michael has left
    Neverland.
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    1. Re:Great idea. by telecsan · · Score: 5, Funny

      "warning authorities when a sex offender is someplace he shouldn't be"

      Correction:

      2005.05.02-15:52 WARNING: Jackson, Michael has entered Neverland.

      All the incidents were reported to have happened at the ranch, right?

    2. Re:Great idea. by The+Angry+Mick · · Score: 4, Funny
      It's not news, it's lazy pseudojournalistic exploitation for ratings, and fame for the prosecutors. Take it from an old guy: CNN et al have tanked and turned into tabloid horsecrap. The golden age of news in the U.S. is over for now.

      Tell me about it. This weekend saw a never ending onslaught of "news" folk speculating over a missing Georgia bride-to-be. On CNN, Nancy Grace was hopping up and down insisting that "this is not a case of cold feet".

      It was.

      In the meantime, these Georgia children are still missing.

      And none of them have merited even a passing mention on even the local news stations.

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  2. GO AHEAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Track all you like. I'll be at the elementary school giving out candy if you need me. [fp]

  3. Alerts marked as spam by PornMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad that any police department using AOL for e-mail won't get the alerts anyway...

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  4. Re:Prevention by FictionPimp · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was 16, I would of killed to have my face all over school saying I just scored. Unless the chick was ugly.

  5. Re:Uh... a bit severe, no? by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Depending on the state, the age of consent is anywhere from 14 (WTF?) to 18.

    Dude! Where is it 14?

    I mean... um... that's ... uh... terrible.

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