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Georgia sex offenders residency law ruling [Georgia SC] News
Georgia sex offenders residency law ruling [Georgia SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 21, 2007 11:31:00 pm

Mann v. Georgia Department of Corrections, Supreme Court of Georgia, November 21, 2007 [overturning a state law that prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds and other areas where children gather]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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