Today the state Supreme Court heard a challenge to Georgia’s new sex offender law.
Anthony Mann says a law prohibiting sex offenders from living or working within 1,000 feet of a place where children congregate is unconstitutional. Clayton County authorities ordered Mann – who is a registered sex offender -- out of two homes and his business when day care centers opened nearby.
Today, his attorney argued that forcing Mann to move amounts to an unconstitutional taking of his property. But an attorney for the state argued that courts across the country have repeatedly upheld similar requirements under sex offender laws.
Anthony Mann says a law prohibiting sex offenders from living or working within 1,000 feet of a place where children congregate is unconstitutional. Clayton County authorities ordered Mann – who is a registered sex offender -- out of two homes and his business when day care centers opened nearby.
Today, his attorney argued that forcing Mann to move amounts to an unconstitutional taking of his property. But an attorney for the state argued that courts across the country have repeatedly upheld similar requirements under sex offender laws.
