Federal Appeals Court Says Sex Offender's Computer Ban Unfair 478
crimeandpunishment writes "A federal appeals court says a 30-year computer restriction for a convicted sex offender was too stiff a punishment. The man, who was caught in an Internet sex sting, had been ordered not to own or even use a computer." The D.C. Circuit Court's opinion in the case against Mark Wayne Russell is available as a PDF; slightly longer coverage from the Courthouse News Service.
Further proof (Score:1, Funny)
That guys whose middle name is Wayne are evil.
examples: John Wayne Gacy, Osama Wayne Bin Laden, O.J. Wayne Simpson, the list goes on.
Re:Eh? (Score:3, Funny)
Then he'd walk funny when he said Mass.
Re:I hope, one good thing will come out of this. (Score:3, Funny)
It should be possible to redirect all this the anger and popular hatred from pedophiles to sociopaths
Sociopaths perform important functions in modern organisations. I don't like it anymore than you do but if the ship is going down somebody has to decide who gets a seat on a lifeboat.
Re:Let's keep this in context (Score:3, Funny)
You never did click on that link Anonymous Coward posted, did you?
Re:Let's keep this in context (Score:2, Funny)
"Look, computers can not, and will not molest anyone. Heck, you can't even violate someone using -only- a computer. You can't commit rape over a computer or molest someone over a computer."
You haven't used Vista have you?
Re:Eh? (Score:3, Funny)
fully developed mental facilities
Apparently you've never seen the Tyra Banks show?
Re:Hmm... (Score:3, Funny)
YOU'RE NOT THINKING OF THE CHILDREN!
You are? Clearly you are a pedophile then.
Re:Eh? (Score:5, Funny)
No, but at least they can let them out. Corpses stay in the ground.
Tell that to Jesus!
Re:Eh? (Score:1, Funny)
Don't forget all of Jesus' pals that decided to take a stroll through the cities :
"many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised [and] came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many. (Matthew 27:51-54)
Zombie stories in the Bible, woo! I wonder if they're the slow plodding type or the quick and fast style brain eaters?
Re:Simple. (Score:3, Funny)
Typical America, treating the symptoms, not the problems.
There's a lot more money to be made suppressing symptoms than there is to be made solving problems. Go go capitalism! /barf