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IN - Jeffersonville sex offender ban headed to Court of Appeals

View the article here 01/23/2009 By MATT THACKER The Indiana Civil Liberties Union, or ICLU, will continue to fight the Jeffersonville ordinance that bans convicted sex offenders from city parks. A brief on appeal was filed with the Indiana Court of Appeals last week, according to ICLU Legal Director Ken Falk. ?We?re arguing that the ordinance is unconstitutional on its face and as applied in those situations,? Falk said. The challenge was brought forth after Clark County courts ruled that _____, 34, could not watch his son play baseball at a Jeffersonville park because he is a convicted sex offender and had several other pending charges. In November, Superior Court No. 1 Judge Vicki Carmichael ruled that the ban does not violate U.S...continue to full post

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