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Federal Judge Suspends Some Georgia Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2006
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2006, page 28
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Sex Offender Registration,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Class Certification,
State Legislation,
Zoning.
Location:
Georgia.
by Matthew T. Clarke
On June 29, 2006, e federal judge in Georgia granted class-action status and a temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending enforcement of some provisions of Georgias sex offender residency law (SORL), Ga.Code.Ann. § 42-15.
The SORL was passed in 2006 and included provisions prohibiting registered sex offenders ...
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