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Iowa legislature working on revising state's sex offender residence restriction

By Douglas A. Berman

This local story out of Iowa provides details on a fascinating legislative development from the state that largely pioneered the use of extreme sex offender residency restrictions: Key lawmakers say they are close to an agreement on a plan to revise state laws dealing with sex offenders and scaling back a controversial law that prohibits offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or day care. Law enforcement officials have criticized the 2,000-foot law for years, saying it?s difficult to enforce. Large areas of cities were off limits as places to live for convicted offenders whose crimes were against children. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has been meeting behind closed doors in recent weeks to hash out a plan to revise the law and still provide protection to the public...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).