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Gov. Jindal Getting Tougher on Sex Offenders

By Corey Rayburnyung

In what Doug Berman refers to as "yet another example of the one-way ratchet of criminal laws and the potential harm of legislative reactions to one awful crime," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has announced a series of new sex offender legislation including a proposal to criminally charge day care owners who knowingly allow registered sex offenders to enter the property.  The American Constitution Society Blog has more. From the Shreveport Times: If a day care owner knowingly allows a registered sex offender to come onto the facility's property, that owner could be charged with a crime and face prison time, according to a proposed law by Gov. Bobby Jindal. The proposal was among several pieces of suggested sex crime legislation Jindal announced Thursday at the Caddo Parish Correctional Center...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 02, 2009 (boomark / email).