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CDCR To Appeal Judge's Rulling In Jessica's Law
By foxnews.com
Published: 11/10/2010

The Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who blocked enforcement of a major provision of the state's Jessica's Law last week — possibly paving the way for sex offenders to live near schools or parks — is well known to Californians.

He's the same judge who used a cable documentary to keep alive the possibility that filmmaker Roman Polanski, who pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor, may have been a victim of judicial misconduct. And he's the same judge who ordered the release of a convicted killer after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed his parole four times.

Judge Peter Espinoza last week ruled in favor of a group of sex offenders who claimed that a provision of Jessica's Law violated their constitutional rights because it created a lack of housing, forcing them to choose between breaking the law and being thrown back in jail or obeying the law and becoming homeless.

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