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New Jersey Joins Other States in Restricting Internet Use by Sex Offenders
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2008, page 19
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Parole/Probation Searches,
Parole,
Media,
Internet,
State Legislation.
Locations:
Indiana,
New Jersey,
Wisconsin.
New Jersey Joins Other States in Restricting ?Internet Use by Sex Offenders
On December 27, 2007, New Jersey enacted legislation to restrict convicted sex offenders’ Internet use. Acting Governor Richard J. Codey relied on public hysteria over several well-publicized cases of online sexual predators to justify his sponsoring and …
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