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| Sex-Offender Housing Limits in CA Overturned |
| By courthousenews.com- William Dotinga |
| Published: 03/04/2015 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The California Supreme Court on Monday upended mandatory residency restrictions for sex offenders - a consequence of "Jessica's Law" approved by voters nine years ago - calling the "blanket enforcement" of the requirements unconstitutional. The ruling stems from a habeas corpus challenge by a group of registered sex offenders on active parole in San Diego County. They claimed - and both a trial court and an appeals court agreed - that mandatory residency restrictions imposed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation made it impossible for them to find suitable housing. The restrictions as prescribed by Jessica's Law, which voters passed as Proposition 83 in 2006, makes it unlawful for registered sex offenders to live within 2,000 feet of any school or park where children regularly gather. The CDCR has since enforced the residency restrictions as a mandatory parole condition for all sex offenders. Read More. |
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