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Georgia Law that Prohibited Registered Sex Offenders From Living Within 1,000 Feet of Areas Where Children Congregate Declared Unconstitutional

By Ron Chapman

          In 2007, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional a Georgia law that prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of child care facilities, schools, churches, or other areas where children congregate.            The case, Mann v. Georgia Department of Corrections, arose when Anthony Mann, a registered sex offender in Georgia, filed a lawsuit asking that the law mentioned above be declared unconstitutional because it authorized the taking of his home without his being financially compensated in violation of both the United States Constitution and the State Constitution of Georgia.            Mann also asked that this law be declared unconstitutional because it prohibits registered sex offenders from working at any business in Georgia that is located within 1,000 feet of a church, school, or child care facility...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on October 19, 2008 (boomark / email).