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Senate panel considers sex offender bill

By "eAdvocate"

2-10-2011 Kansas: When a convicted sex offender from California moved 200 feet from Scarborough Elementary School last year, it upset an entire Olathe neighborhood. Neighbors mobilized to get the man to move away and see that a similar situation didn't happen somewhere else. The effort has made its way to the Statehouse, where Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar some sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or licensed day care. It also would mark their driver's licenses with the word "offender" ? in different colors to show whether the victim was a child or adult ? and bar offenders from school property. The residency rule would apply to offenders whose victims were younger than 16. A previous, similar proposal failed over objections from rural legislators who feared it would send sex offenders to their districts...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).