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IN - Judge upholds Jeff sex offender ban

View the article here Since sex offenders and everyone else pays taxes on parks, do sex offenders who cannot use them, get a tax break? They should! 11/10/2008 A judge in Clark County has upheld the constitutionality of a Jeffersonville ordinance preventing convicted sex offenders from using the city?s parks. The ruling last week by Superior Court 1 Judge Vicki Carmichael came in a lawsuit brought by Eric Dowdell against the city for preventing him from attending his son?s baseball games in the city?s Little League Ballpark. The ordinance, enacted in 2006 and amended last year, says convicted sex offenders can?t use city parks but provides an appeal process in City Court for those who believe they deserve an exemption Dowdell sought an exemption from the city court twice, arguing that he was no longer required to register on the state sexual offender registry for his 1997 conviction of sexual battery and that he posed no risk if he was allowed in the park...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on November 12, 2008 (boomark / email).