(FL) Bill filed to ban sex offenders from watching porn

[The Straight Story]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —

Some state lawmakers said they want to ban convicted sex offenders from watching any type of pornography while on probation.

Senator Kelli Stargel of Lakeland filed the bill earlier this week.

Under current law, a sex offender can watch porn if it's not relevant to their sexual offense.

Civil liberties advocates said there's no evidence that banning the porn will stop sex offenders from reoffending.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/bill-filed-ban-sex-offenders-watching-porn/nZ8sh/

[el_bryanto]

1. How do they monitor it? nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. They'll ask the NSA for internet records. nt

[Mike Nelson]

2. What's wrong with Florida?

...this is soooooo dumb...

[FiveGoodMen]

8. "Florida?! But that's America's wang!"

-- Homer Simpson

[jsr]

4. Stargel is the 'small government' rep who wanted teachers to grade parent performance

as "satisfactory," "unsatisfactory" or "needs improvement."

[Dash87]

5. How the heck would they monitor this?

I suppose they could get the contents of their hard drive, but wouldn't they have to suspect they were doing it in order to get a search warrant?

Furthermore, what is the justification for this? Has it been proven through studies that porn correlates with reoffending? Is this just another do-nothing bill that pretends to keep us safer?

[The Straight Story]

6. It makes it seem like they are doing something and allows them to selectively

enforce yet another 'feel good' law.

[snooper2]

7. Porn comes in VHS too

I imagine it's pretty cheap at yard sales

[LittleBlue]

9. What a stupid bill

Is this supposed to make people feel safe?

[Hardlyaround]

10. There are times when you just want to walk up to some people and do this to them and say,

What the hell are you thinking?



This would be one of those times.