New Jersey Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey on Thursday signed into a law a bill forbidding Internet access to sex offenders who used the medium in committing crime.
New Jersey is the third state, after Florida and Nevada, to restrict sex offenders' access to the Internet.
Sex offenders caught using the Internet would face 18 months in jail and a 10,000 U.S. dollar fine under the new law which exempts job-related computer work or search for employment.
Convicted sex offenders will have to submit to periodic, unannounced examinations of their computer equipment and install equipment on their computers so their use can be monitored, The Associated Press reported.
The bill applies to convicts who lured a potential victim through e-mail or other electronic messages. It also affects paroled sex offenders under lifetime supervision.
Sex offenders will have to let the state Parole Board know about their access to computers. Parole officers can also order polygraph tests for convicts suspected of violating the ban.
The board last month banned sex offenders from using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace after state officials discovered hundreds of profiles registered to convicted sex offenders.
Source: Xinhua
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