Wild-eyed blathering manic panic, driven by politicians who champion sex-offender punishments that are just plain stupid, has reached a point where it even wrecks the lives of the demonstrably falsely accused.
A case in point: A football coach arrested on suspicion of a child porn offense, but the charges are dropped when it is found that the charges are based on images he took of his own little kids after they had their nightly baths. Even after the charges are dropped, however, the man is fired from his job.
Our Notes from the Handbasket correspondent has some thoughts on this perversion of the law.