[FAC NOTE: This is old news already… well not that old, but we already know this, yet the headline and article was too good to not share.] from the this-is-the-First-Amendment…-perhaps-you-two-should-get-acquainted dept Mon, Feb 14th 2022 3:43pm — Tim Cushing In 2018, the sheriff of Butts County, Georgia (no, really), Buford T. Justice Gary Long instructed deputies to ruin the Halloween holiday […]
Category: Sex Offender News
Georgia sex offenders take fight over ‘no-trick-or-treat’ warning signs to 11th Circuit
A group of registered sex offenders have asked the appeals court to overturn a federal judge’s ruling in favor of a sheriff’s office that posted signs telling trick-or-treaters to keep away from the offenders’ homes on Halloween. (Charles Parker/Pexels via Courthouse News) ATLANTA (CN) — A class of registered sex offenders asked an 11th Circuit […]
Can someone be removed from the Georgia Sex Offender Registry?
Can someone be removed from the Georgia Sex Offender Registry? Our firm has helped dozens of people get off the sex offender registry in Georgia. In 2010, the Georgia Legislature passed a new law allowing certain sex offenders to petition the courts for removal from the Georgia Sex Offender Registry. This was a very important […]
GEORGIA SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAWS
n recent years, Georgia’s sex offender registry has been liberally expanded through a series of controversial legislative enactments that has resulted in the registration of more than 20,000 Georgia citizens. Below is a summary of the key components of the statute and the residency/employment restrictions for those subject to the registry. Crimes Requiring Registration Defendants […]
Sex offenders to be kept in council chambers on Halloween night
Georgia mayor: Sex offenders to be kept in council chambers on Halloween night by Florida Action Committee SOURCE: WESH Sex offenders in one Georgia city will spend Halloween being watched by police officers. About 25 to 30 registered sex offenders in Groveton will be rounded up and housed inside council chambers while children are trick-or-treating, the city’s […]