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ACLU Asks Indiana Supreme Court to Review Town's Park Ban

By Corey Rayburnyung

The ACLU has asked the Indiana Supreme Court to review an appellate court decision which upheld one town's ban of a sex offender from its parks.  From The Indianapolis Star:Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union warn that if Plainfield's ban on convicted sex offenders in the town parks is allowed to stand, similar bans and permanent punishment could spread across the state. The ACLU, representing a Marion County man identified only as John Doe, have asked the state's highest court to review a September ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals that upheld Plainfield's ban. The state's high court is expected to decide by mid-November whether to accept the case or allow the appeals court decision to stand.Plainfield's Town Council adopted an ordinance in 2000 that prohibits anyone on the Indiana registry of sex offenders from being in the town parks or recreation center...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).