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IA - Deal close on plan to revise Iowa's sex offender laws, key legislators say

View the article here 04/15/2009 By CHARLOTTE EBY, Globe Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? 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. Sen. Keith Kreiman (Email), D-Bloomfield, said the latest version of working group?s plan would apply the 2,000-foot rule only to the most serious offenders...continue to full post

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