N.C. appeals court OKs (Lifetime) sex offender tracking

7-21-2010 North Carolina:

A North Carolina appeals court says authorities can track the movements of a convicted sex offender by satellite for the rest of his life.

The Fayetteville Observer reported today that the state Court of Appeals ruled a judge's order doesn't violate the constitutional rights of sex offenders after their release from prison.

A Superior Court judge ordered in 2008 that William Lee Pait of Bladenboro wear an electronic monitoring device for the rest of his life.

Pait, 43, is serving almost eight years at a Halifax County prison for kidnapping and other charges after trying to use the Internet to abduct a 14-year-old girl.

Pait argued the monitoring requirement violated the Constitution's ban against unreasonable search and seizure. ..Source.. by PilotOnline.com