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Georgia law puts non-offenders on sex registry
By BILL RANKIN

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Georgia’s sex offender registry has a peculiar twist: There are a growing number of people on the list who did not commit a sex offense.

The state’s sex offender law, one of the nation’s toughest, tracks most offenders until they die, dictating where they can live and work.

Darnelle Harvey spent seven years in prison for robbing a Dairy Queen when he was 17. His conviction for false imprisonment of a 16-year-old employee forces him to register as a sex offender. The registry is designed to keep a leash on child molesters, rapists and other sex criminals, who often remain dangerous even after they’ve served their time.

But the law applies to anyone convicted of kidnapping or false imprisonment of a minor, regardless if a sexual act was committed.

At 17, Darnelle Harvey took part in the robbery of a Dairy Queen in Chamblee. Brandishing a gun, he ordered a 16-year-old to lie down as the holdup progressed. This got him a false imprisonment conviction, and because the victim was under 18, Harvey became a sex offender.

Now 36, he acknowledges his mistakes.

“I’m no saint, I know that,” Harvey said recently. “What I did was bad, stupid, and I spent years in prison regretting it every day. But I’m not a sex offender.”

Some legislators agree.

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