Federal judge in Georgia has ruled that a sheriff's office placing 'No Trick-or-Treat' signs outside the homes of registered sex offenders violated their constitutional rights.
The decision agreed with the sex offenders' contention that the signs were a form of forced speech. The posters forced the offenders to accept the sheriff's"message that their homes are unsafe, the ruling said.
The large white signs included images of two stop signs, the"no" symbol across a Halloween bag and the message:"WARNING! NO TRICK-OR-TREAT AT THIS ADDRESS!!" "For this Halloween, our Deputies will keep a very strong presence in the neighborhoods where we know sex offenders are likely to be," he wrote."Deputies will have candy in their patrol vehicles and will interact with the children until the neighborhood is clear of Trick-or-Treaters."
Under Georgia law, the names, photos and addresses of sex offenders are made available to the public, but Judge Treadwell's ruling said the"statute does not require or authorize sheriffs to post signs in front of sex offenders’ homes."
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