NC- Sex Offender Known For Domino’s Video Kicked Off Local College Campus After Bill Signing

These laws get more absurd day by day. This one -as applied- shows there isn't anyone in the legislature that is thinking past the -sounds good theory- no one is considering the collateral effects of these laws. Was this intended? I doubt it but it shows how poorly research is done, if at all, in the legislature.

9-1-2009 North Carolina:

WILKES COUNTY, N.C. -- A woman who said she was turning her life around suffered a major setback when she was kicked out of school Monday following a bill signing in Raleigh.

Kristy Hammonds of Taylorsville is a registered sex offender. She made headlines in April when she and a co-worker at a Domino’s pizza restaurant in Conover were arrested on felony charges of tampering with food.

Hammonds and Michael Setzer are accused of posting a video on YouTube showing them tampering with the pizza they were making. Hammonds has said it was a prank. The case has not yet gone to trial.

Hammonds said after she walked out of a psychology class at Wilkes Community College on Monday, she was called into a meeting with the vice president of the college and a police officer.

They told her a new bill, part of the Jessica Lunsford Act in North Carolina, had been signed into law by Gov. Bev Perdue on Friday and that it does not allow her to attend college anymore because of her sex offender status resulting from a sexual battery case involving a teen.

“I started crying,” Hammonds said. “Where do I go from here?”

The Jessica Lunsford Act states that it is unlawful for a sex offender to be on premises where children regularly congregate, and some minors attend Wilkes Community College. Hammonds said she was given a copy of the bill during her meeting with the administrator.

Administrators said she was just one of several students who had to be kicked out because of the law.

Hammonds said she has attended the school for a year and wants to work in a medical field. She said she feels she should still be entitled to an education, even though she has made mistakes in the past. She said working at Domino’s was a temporary part of her life, while her education is part of a long-term commitment to turning her life around.

Wilkes Community College officials said there is nothing they can do because they have to follow the law. One of Hammond’s teachers said despite her past, she is an excellent student who seemed to be trying to do the right thing for herself and her children.

Not everyone has sympathy for Hammonds, however. One fellow student said she was glad to hear about the change in the law. She said she does not think sex offenders should be allowed to go to college.

Hammonds is scheduled to be in court on the Domino’s case next week. ..Source.. by 9WSOCTV.com