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Iowa's Residency Restrictions Has Unintended Consequences

By Corey Rayburnyung

A Nebraska TV News station (which evidently likes to repeat its name) has an article discussing the un-anticipated consequences of Iowa's residency restrictions. From the article:Convicted sex offenders whose victims were minors can not live within 2,000 feet of a school or day care in the state of Iowa. It's a law that's been in effect for the last six years, but KETV NewsWatch 7 found the restriction is creating colonies and driving others underground. KETV NewsWatch 7 checked the Iowa sex offender registry and found there are six registered sex offenders who call a small Underwood hotel home.Jermaine Reazer, a convicted sex offender, said he's having a hard time finding a place to live so he's forced to live at the hotel. "That's the way it is, is they make you move out of their city, town and once you get into a place everybody else in the community wants to complain because there's a bunch of us living in the same area," said Reazer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).