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CA Supreme Court Hears Challenge To Residency Restrictions

By Corey Rayburnyung

The California Supreme Court heard a challenge to the state's sex offender residency restriction law. The plaintiffs in the case are four sex offenders who were found living within 2,000 feet of place where children gather (such as a park, school, or day care center) and who were told that they must move within 45 days. The Contra Costa Times has more. A decision is expected within 90 days. From the San Jose Mercury News: The state Supreme Court on Tuesday is considering whether the residency restriction contained in Proposition 83 is so broad and intrusive that it violates the constitutional rights of registered sex offenders. Under the law, critics say, many sex offenders cannot find a place to live in urban areas across the state and are effectively forced into homelessness...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 04, 2009 (boomark / email).