Focus (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 15, 2007
Zoning Sex Offenders
Focus Column - By Brooke Miller - Cities aiming to keep child molesters away from schools and parks will have to walk a fine line between protecting the community and violating constitutional rights.
By Brooke Miller
California is home to more registered sex offenders than any other state. Here, as elsewhere, widely publicized stories like that of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raped and killed by a convicted sex offender living within 100 yards, inspire a protective instinct. Twenty-two states have legislation restricting where registered sex offenders can live. California's Proposition 83 prohibits registered ...
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