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GA - Georgia considers changes to sex offender law

View the article here 03/03/2009 ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia legislators are seeking to soften some of the toughest provisions in the state's crackdown on sex offenders. The Senate voted 52-2 on Tuesday to make sweeping changes to the law. The new plan now goes to the House, where powerful Republican legislators pushed the original law through three years ago. The current law bans sex offenders from living, working or loitering within 1,000 feet of just about anywhere children gather. That includes schools, parks, gyms, swimming pools and the state's 150,000 school bus stops. The law, which supporters say is among the nation's toughest, was passed in 2006 at the urging of Republican leaders who vowed it will help protect Georgia's children and prevent the state from becoming a "safe haven" for sex offenders...continue to full post

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