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[T]he treatment of sex offenders on licence in the UK appears to be a step on the road to "homo sacer" status. The licence is determined in secret by the Parole Board, not by a judge in open court, and the conditions are often only tangentially related to the original offence. It can last for many years and restricts a person’s life to a degree unimaginable to most people.<br>
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To give a real example, someone convicted of a downloading offence would be banned from public facilities such as leisure centres and parks; banned from possession of a camera; banned from using a computer or a smartphone; banned from working with children, working anywhere near a computer or working in a job that involved contact with the general public; banned from voluntary work; given such restrictions on an adult sexual relationship as to make one impossible for the other adult… leaving very little of a normal life. There is no appeal against such a licence. The "homo sacer" effect is that such a person would be sent to prison, usually for several years and without a judge or court being involved, for engaging in harmless activities that are legal for the rest of the population.<br>
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And then, of course, there is the upcoming Sexual Risk Order, which will allow similar restrictions to be applied to any of us without a conviction. All that is necessary is for the police to believe that someone poses any degree of risk of sexual harm to children; they can then apply to a court for an Order to be applied, with any conditions of restriction the police deem necessary and a length of five years to life.<br>
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<i>source: Reaction by Jane Smith under article 'Paedophiles to be treated like terrorists'; tomocarroll.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/paedophiles-to-be-treated-like-terrorists/#comments; Heretic TOC; Reaction: 5 May 2014</i>

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