DISQUS

When it comes to laws that involve sex offenders, the passions of the majority must be tempered with reason. Overborne by a mob mentality for justice, officials at every level of government are enacting laws that effectively exile convicted sex offenders from their midst with little contemplation as to the appropriateness or constitutionality of their actions. Politicians across the county have approved almost every measure that deals with sex offenders in order to appear strong on crime. Given that the sex offender lobby is neither large nor vocal, it is up to the courts to protect the interest of this disenfranchised group.

That sex offenders are deserving of disdain is not the issue, for they surely are. The issue, rather, is whether they deserve the protection of the Constitution, which they surely do.