NJ: Justices Consider Appeal of Sex Offender's Total Internet Ban
The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether parole rules totally prohibiting internet access for sex offenders on lifetime parole are constitutional.
A lawyer representing a convicted sex offender asked the court on Nov. 7 to strike down the state parole board’s total internet ban for his client, identified only as J.I., arguing that it violates the offender’s free speech rights under the U.S. and state constitutions.
J.I.’s attorney, Michael Woyce, said the parole board has banned J.I. from owning or using any device capable of accessing the internet.
“He’s banned from our century,” said Woyce, of Ringwood’s Murphy & Woyce.