Georgia’s top court has thrown another strike against the state’s tough sex offender law. The Georgia Supreme Court says it is "cruel and unusual punishment" to require an automatic life prison sentence for sex offenders who repeatedly fail to register. The court’s 6-1 decision throws out the life sentence of Cedric Bradshaw. The 25-year-old was arrested for failing to register as an offender, after spending weeks trying to find a place to live that did not violate the law’s residential restrictions. Earlier, the Court struck down another provision that required homeless offenders to register their address, calling it unconstitutionally vague.
