Louisiana Law Requires Sex Offenders & Child Predators to Make Status on Their Facebook … Perv, Rapist, Child Molester

Let see how fast one would be willing to “friend” some one who had a “PERVERTED, CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER” status on their Facebook.

State Rep. Jeff Thompson, a Republican from Bossier City, Louisiana,is putting forth a new law that would require sex offenders and child predator deviants to change their status to be reflective of their criminal record in order to protect the public. Its about time the laws keep up with the technology. Effective August 1, 2012, the new law was signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal earlier this month, builds upon existing sex offender registration laws to further have sex offenders notify immediate neighbors and a school district of his or her residency near them.

A new Louisiana law requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on their Facebook or other social networking page, with the law’s author saying the bill is the first of its kind in the nation.

State Rep. Jeff Thompson, a Republican from Bossier City, Louisiana, says his new law, effective August 1, will stand up to constitutional challenge because it expands sex offender registration requirements, common in many states, to include a disclosure on the convicted criminal’s social networking sites as well.

Thompson, an attorney and a father of a 13-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son, said he hopes other states will follow Louisiana.

Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have been removing sex offenders from their web pages for years, but Thompson said the law is designed to cover any possible lapses by social networking sites.