December 5, 2011
Sex Offenders Live Closer to Children as Litigation Unfolds
Five years after California voters approved Jessica’s Law, a yearlong legal challenge in state courts is allowing potentially dangerous sex offenders to live closer to children.
Paroled sex offenders claim the residency requirements under Proposition 83, otherwise known as Jessica's Law, are so strict that many have turned to prison or homelessness to survive. They are fighting the requirement that any registered sex offender is barred from living within 2,000 feet of any school or playground where children gather.
In Nov. 2010 a LA County Superior Court judge ruled the restriction increased the homeless population of paroled sex offenders, endangering the public and issued a stay. The ruling was temporary, however, as a flood of lawsuits from other paroled sex offenders flooded the courts...
LINK - Glendora.Patch.com
