North Carolina Court Of Appeals Overturns Law That Barred Registered Sex Offenders From Facebook
The 2008 Protect Children from Sexual Predators Act in North Carolina, which prevented registered sex offenders from joining social networks including Facebook, was ruled unconstitutional by that state’s Court of Appeals.
The 2008 Protect Children from Sexual Predators Act in North Carolina, which prevented registered sex offenders from joining social networks including Facebook, was ruled unconstitutional by that state’s Court of Appeals.
AP reported that the law was struck down due to vague wording and to violating the right to free speech.
The Court of Appeals ruling was a response to the case of Lester Gerard Packingham, who was declared a registered sex offender after being convicted in 2006 of taking indecent liberties with a child, according to AP, and a felony conviction of Packingham for creating a Facebook profile was overturned.
Glenn Gerding, a Chapel Hill, N.C.-based
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