aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

What’s a bus stop?

The judge permitted the new Georgia sex offender law, but then explained that it can’t be enforced anyway:

A federal judge Tuesday refused to extend an order blocking enforcement of a new Georgia law that bars sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of school bus stops.

U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper conceded that his order would result in more confusion over the law - other parts of which have already taken effect - and said he was “deeply troubled” by the law’s potential for displacing thousands of offenders.

However, he said blocking the bus stop law from taking effect would be premature. The law says each bus stop must be officially designated by the local school board and so far none have been authorized.