The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that convicted sex offenders on probation can possess pornographic materials, so long as the porn doesn't pertain to their "particular deviant behavior pattern."
View the decision here.
Our neocon politicians will definitely want us all to draw collective breath and go "Eeeewww."
Sinfonian over at Blast Off! pushed past the ick factor and keyboarded toward the light. Check out his post, More fun with Florida law: it's okay for sex offenders to have porn.
Allow me to reiterate my two cents of a Blast Off! comment for those still stuck at "WTF?"
How can a scary sex offender be allowed possession of (collective breath drawn here) pornography? Eeeewww..........????
Ahh, think outside the box, grasshopper.
SO's on probation are being violated for "pornographic" materials like....Maxim.
Last time I looked, Maxim was on the shelf at Barnes and Noble. And not even wrapped in brown paper.
This ruling clearly defines porn for probation officers who would violate anyone for anything that vaguely resembled questionable reading material in order to cover their own butt.
Meanwhile--when an offender "violates"--he (or she) sits in jail on a no-bond charge for about 30 days, give and take. There goes the job and the property as my friend vox would say.
So, I actually see this case as a spine builder for Florida probation officers.....
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Rock on, Supremes.
