By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jack McClellan has made himself a marked man - a self-described pedophile whose recent behavior has creeped out parents and child advocates across the nation.But while he's taken pictures of young girls in public places and talked openly about his attraction to little girls, or "LGs" as he calls them, neither is a crime.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jack McClellan has made himself a marked man - a self-described pedophile whose recent behavior has creeped out parents and child advocates across the nation.But while he's taken pictures of young girls in public places and talked openly about his attraction to little girls, or "LGs" as he calls them, neither is a crime.
As a result, his case has stirred debate, particularly since his arrest on Monday, over whether attempting to restrict unseemly behavior that isn't criminal tramples on a person's constitutional rights."There is no law against someone making you feel uncomfortable," said Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and a Loyola Law School professor. "There's a line to cross and I don't think he has yet. He's tiptoeing around the law."McClellan did manage to land in jail this week, however, after he was arrested for allegedly violating a temporary restraining order requiring that he stay at least 30 feet away from any child in California.
After he was seen with a camera near the Infant Development Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, police let McClellan go with a citation and a warning not to return.When he was back on campus a few hours later, this time to grant a TV interview, he was arrested for investigation of trespassing and jailed. He pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor count of violating the temporary restraining order and remains in jail on $150,000 bail.
Some legal experts believe the order that Superior Court Judge Melvin Sandvig issued on Aug. 3 trampled on McClellan's First Amendment right to free expression and will eventually be overturned. Sandvig scheduled an Aug. 24 hearing to discuss the matter further."Without showing a person has committed a crime against a child, I don't see how this can stand," said UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh. "There's no way someone can organize their life without somehow being within 10 yards of a child."
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