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Restraining Order Issued Against Pedophile Blogger (part two of story)
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by generaldecay | August 20, 2007 at 03:38 am
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This is a following on to this highlight.
On August 3rd, Jack McClellan, the 'Pedophile Blogger' was issued a restraining order, presumably for public protection and safety.
I'm undecided on whether or not the courts were correct in issuing this order: on the one hand, the protection of children is paramount; but on the other hand, we do not live in a society where thoughts can be criminlised (yet!).
In any case, I question the sense of clause four:
(4) requires McClellan to "stay at least ... 10 yards away from" "any minor child."
How do you maintain at least 10 yards between yourself and a child when you're, say, in the supermarket, driving a car, walking down the street etc.?
I wonder if clause four was included so that McClellan could do nothing but fail?
A court has just issued a restraining order — with no appearance by the defendant — that, among other things,(1) bars McClellan from "follow[ing], ... keep[ing] under surveillance, or loiter[ing] with or around any minor child,"
(2) bars McClellan from contacting, "photograph[ing], videotap[ing], post[ing] on internet, or otherwise record[ing] any image of a minor child without parent's or guardian's written consent,"
(3) bars McClellan from "loiter[ing] where minor children congregate in, including but not limited to schools, parks, playgrounds, bowling alleys," and
(4) requires McClellan to "stay at least ... 10 yards away from" "any minor child."
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at 04:58 on August 20th, 2007
generaldecay, thanks for keeping on top of this story.
at 05:16 on August 20th, 2007
Thank you, Brian.
I think it's fascinating stuff, particularly when you consider that this story would have been very different 20 years ago without the presense of the Internet. One wonders how many others are harbouring these 'desires' and not blogging about them.