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NE - Senators Consider Limits for Sex Offenders

View the article here Video is available at the site. 03/12/2009 By Christie Bett State Senators are considering two bills that would further limit sex offenders. In a public hearing Thursday afternoon, two bills were presented by Senator Tony Fulton of Lincoln and Senator Robert Giese of South Sioux City to protect children from class three sex offenders. LB 284 would prevent convicted class three sex offenders from working within 500 feet of a school or child care center, and LB 265 would prevent them from living within 500 feet of a park, including pools and athletic fields. Senator Fulton says he presented LB 284 for the second year to restrict where offenders work because of a tragedy in 2007. Fulton says a boy was molested in a convenience store across from his school, after which the previously convicted sex offender committed suicide...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).