OldSchoolConservative
August 17th, 2009, 7:42 pm
First I would like to say that I believe sex crimes to be among the most heinous and vile type of crime that one could commit in our society. With that said there are certain states including my state of North Carolina that require certain categoried sex offenders to wear GPS monitoring the rest of their lives even if both sentence has been served and parole completed. My question is this technically Constitutional and what about the legality if an offender so choosed to move to another state. Is the statute implying that a person must now be a lifelong resident of the state by decree and if not how could a state track an offender that moved to another state. Obviously, an individual on parole would likely not be legally allowed to move out of state but if an individual has served sentence and probation can the state stop an American citizen from freedom of movement? I find this an interesting subject because who knows if the several states might try to invoke lifetime electronic surveillance laws on individuals in the future on other types of crimes despite sentence and parole being sentenced. Would that be a civil rights violation especially when it comes to freedom of movement as a United States citizen.