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Stop the sex offender fear-mongering

By "eAdvocate"

11-16-2010 California: The Jessica's Law residency restriction leaves some offenders homeless and does nothing to protect children. A Los Angeles judge was right to order its suspension. Some critics of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's order temporarily staying enforcement of the sex offender residency restrictions of Jessica's Law, reported by The Times on Nov. 5, are exploiting the legitimate fears of decent people. These critics ignore the reality that these particular residency restrictions apply to all paroled sex registrants, most of whom have never harmed a child, and do not effectively protect our children. In fact, by creating a crisis of homelessness among sex registrants, broad residency restrictions actually endanger our community...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on November 16, 2010 (boomark / email).