April 1, 2008
Jessica’s Law Faces Hurdles
A state law designed to protect children from molesters is running into hurdles, slowing officials from enacting some of its components and leading to some unintended consequences.
Tough housing restrictions, skyrocketing costs of evaluating the risks that sex offenders could be repeat predators, and the potential for less monitoring time for parolees in the community have some officials concerned.
"This particular law has a lot of unintended consequences, and those may have such a weight that the intended consequences will suffer," said Heather Dauler of the San Diego Sex Offender Management Council…
LINK - NCTimes.com (San Diego North County Times)
