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2/27/17

Sex Offender Social Media Ban Expected To Be Struck Down #okc #news #wth



The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared poised to strike down a North Carolina law banning convicted sex offenders from Facebook and other social media sites. The justices are expected to decide the law runs afoul of free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. The eight justices heard an hour of oral arguments over Lester Packingham's appeal of his conviction for violating the state law in 2010. He posted a message on Facebook expressing his surprise at a traffic citation being dismissed. The North Carolina law was enacted in 2008. It makes it a felony for people on the state's sex offender registry to access websites that can lead to social interactions with minors. Packingham's case explores free speech rights in the digital age. He is on North Carolina's sex offender list because of his 2002 conviction at age 21 on two counts of statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. http://bit.ly/2m4t9xj http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com



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