Woman sues over ongoing sanctions for sex as a teen
The Atlanta J. Constitution reports:
. . . At age 17, while a high school sophomore, Whitaker had oral sex with a 15-year-old male classmate. In 1997, she pleaded guilty to sodomy and got five years’ probation. Whitaker, 28, has moved twice because of the sex offender law’s restrictions that say an offender cannot live within 1,000 feet of places where children congregate. Whitaker was recently told by a sheriff she must move again because her home is within 1,000 feet of a church . . .
Whitaker is the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed in Atlanta that seeks to have the residency restrictions found unconstitutional . . .