fuzzis
12-28-2007, 04:05 PM
Limits placed on those who used the Internet in commission of crimes (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22411667/)
...Under the law, sex offenders will have to let the state Parole Board know about their access to computers. Those caught using the Internet would face 18 months in jail and a $10,000 fine.
Convicted sex offenders will have to submit to periodic, unannounced examinations of their computer equipment and install equipment on their computers so their use can be monitored.
Parole officers can also order polygraph tests for convicts suspected of violating the Internet ban, said Parole Board Chairman Peter Barnes....
Yet another measure enacted by the state that allows lawmakers to say "Oh look at us...we're protecting our children" when in fact they are still not doing a damn thing to protect children.
They're going to monitor use of computers at public libraries? at work? in places like Kinkos?
If we're going to monitor and restrict their freedoms when they get out of prison, why bother with letting them out in the first place?
...Under the law, sex offenders will have to let the state Parole Board know about their access to computers. Those caught using the Internet would face 18 months in jail and a $10,000 fine.
Convicted sex offenders will have to submit to periodic, unannounced examinations of their computer equipment and install equipment on their computers so their use can be monitored.
Parole officers can also order polygraph tests for convicts suspected of violating the Internet ban, said Parole Board Chairman Peter Barnes....
Yet another measure enacted by the state that allows lawmakers to say "Oh look at us...we're protecting our children" when in fact they are still not doing a damn thing to protect children.
They're going to monitor use of computers at public libraries? at work? in places like Kinkos?
If we're going to monitor and restrict their freedoms when they get out of prison, why bother with letting them out in the first place?