Sex Offenders Banned from Social Media Sites

Should sex offenders be allowed to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and other social networking sites?

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (pictured) thinks not, and this week signed into law a bill that bans all registered sex offenders in his state from using social networks.

This sounds satisfying on first listen – after all, why wouldn’t we want to take every possible measure to prevent the horrendous crimes of sex offenders?

But many legal blogs are...