Comments on: Georgia Supreme Court considers proportionality in sex offender case

By: hood01

hood01 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:04:02 +0000

this is b.s im a registered sex offender i was 19 me and 2 friends had consentual sex with a 15 yr old female who told us she was 17 this was in 1996, im going through the same b.s as every young man in my situation, we should not be in same catagory as a predator molesting a little child who dont know right from wrong, these laws need to be changed, this is ashamed georgia puts every offender in the same catagory

By: childadvocate

childadvocate — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:31:13 +0000

So this guy had 72 hours to register though he knew the consequenses for not doing so. I fully agree that we should not categorize statutory rapists with child molesters. That's an issue of terminology and legislation. The immediate solution is for offenders to register as the law states. If you don't like it, stick to 18 + year old girls. And by the way; chain gangs would be great. Learn the law. If you disagree, contact your legislators and advocate for change.

By: RememberNovember

RememberNovember — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:23:19 +0000

I think the original context is that this guy got tagged with the term Sexual offender- which covers a whole host of things from being in a consensual non age of majority situation to ann out and out predator. What's next, chain gangs?

By: JWindish

JWindish — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:52:01 +0000

I have to say that my point was not so much to bash Georgia — I am hopeful that our court will act reasonably — as it was to highlight that this is the kind of thing going on in states across the country. Florida, California, Connecticut, Texas all have similar sex offender laws. Other states too. Ours is bad, others are either as bad or getting there. I live here so I pay closer attention, but these laws are in place or being voted in in other states too!

By: PattonGuy

PattonGuy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:59:31 +0000

I was born and raised in Georgia (suburbs of Atlanta), and I would have to agree that in a lot of ways, Georgia just keeps setting itself up to look like some draconian relic from the antebellum days, and reinforcing those stereotypical notions of the South as a hellhole. We have only the politicians (and ourselves, really) to blame.

By: RememberNovember

RememberNovember — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:51:00 +0000

exactly. He'd get better accomodations and habeas corpus if he was an enemy combatant in Gitmo. He would have been better off shooting someone.

Georgia, not surprised. Ass backwards, can't even think up a decent street name in Atlanta. I have friends in Ga. I keep telling them to move.