New Jersey Bars Sex Offenders From the Internet

eldavojohn writes "New Jersey just passed legislation making it illegal for sex offenders to use the internet. NJ congresswoman Linda D. Greenstein said, 'When Megan's Law was enacted, few could envision a day when a sex offender hiding behind a fake screen name would be a mouse-click away from new and unwitting victims. Sex offenders cannot be given an opportunity to abuse the anonymity the Internet can provide as a means of opening a door to countless new potential victims.' While they still can search for jobs, this is a major expansion over the prior legislation which barred them from social networking sites like facebook or myspace."

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Re:Who is a sex offender?

[morari]

The former are people who suffer from a mental illness - they need treatment and not punishment [...] Great idea! Let's make our already weak justice system even more pathetic by helping all of the poor little criminals out with their personal problems. After all, it's not their fault, it's their "condition".

Bullshit.