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Registered Sex Offenders: Suing to Find a Place to Live

By Ron Chapman

          It seems that the thorny issue of where registered sex offenders should be allowed to live just won't go away.  In 2007, I wrote an article entitled "Sex Offenders:  Where Can They Live?," and in 2008 I wrote an article entitled "Where Can You Live in Florida if You Are a Registered Sex Offender?"  Palm Beach Post staff writer John Lantigua has now written an article entitled "Registered sex offenders:  Where can they live?"             In his article, Mr. Lantigua reports that just last week the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida sued Miami-Dade County over an ordinance that prohibits individuals convicted of sex crimes involving minors from living within 2,500 feet of such places as schools, playgrounds, and school bus stops...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on July 14, 2009 (boomark / email).