"VICE" said : A sex offender was arrested after thanking Jesus on Facebook — now his case is before the Supreme Court – VICE News
referring to A sex offender was arrested after thanking Jesus on Facebook — now his case is before the Supreme CourtIn 2010, Lester Packingham was arrested for thanking Jesus. As a registered sex offender, the North Carolina man was in violation of a state law that makes it a felony for sex offenders to "access" many social media sites. The officer arrested Packingham, as a 2008 state law bans sex offenders from using "commercial social networking Web site[s]" if they "know" that minors can access it. But this law "bars offenders from taking what is often the critical first step in the sexual assault of a child. "Existing efforts at addressing sexual predation of children were failing," argues a brief filed to the Supreme Court.
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And the First Amendment includes not only the right to speak, but the right to receive information."Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJustice Kagan agreed. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJustice Kennedy mused that any number of free-speech doctrines doomed the law. The North Carolina law has economic consequences, too, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said. Mr. Montgomery said the North Carolina law left sex offenders with plenty of other ways to exercise their First Amendment rights. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Packingham came to the attention of the authorities in 2010, when he wrote on Facebook about having a traffic ticket dismissed.
His state, Nebraska and Indiana have had laws that federal courts ruled violated the free-speech rights of sex offenders. The law addressed websites that might allow sex offenders to gather information about minors, the state court said. "This North Carolina law keeps registered sex offenders off of social networking websites that kids use without denying the offenders access to the internet. The vast majority of the more than 800,000 sex offenders nationwide are required to register their names, addresses and photographs on registries maintained by states, Clark said. Georgia, Kentucky and Louisiana also have laws restricting sex offenders' use of use of social media sites.
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A Constitutional Right to Facebook and Twitter? Supreme Court Weighs In
And the First Amendment includes not only the right to speak, but the right to receive information."Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJustice Kagan agreed. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJustice Kennedy mused that any number of free-speech doctrines doomed the law. The North Carolina law has economic consequences, too, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said. Mr. Montgomery said the North Carolina law left sex offenders with plenty of other ways to exercise their First Amendment rights. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Packingham came to the attention of the authorities in 2010, when he wrote on Facebook about having a traffic ticket dismissed.
His state, Nebraska and Indiana have had laws that federal courts ruled violated the free-speech rights of sex offenders. The law addressed websites that might allow sex offenders to gather information about minors, the state court said. "This North Carolina law keeps registered sex offenders off of social networking websites that kids use without denying the offenders access to the internet. The vast majority of the more than 800,000 sex offenders nationwide are required to register their names, addresses and photographs on registries maintained by states, Clark said. Georgia, Kentucky and Louisiana also have laws restricting sex offenders' use of use of social media sites.
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