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WI - Green Bay Alder Questions Value of Sex Offender Residency Law

View the article here 02/19/2009 By Jenn Karlman The City of Manitowoc is going back to the drawing board to look for ways to handle sex offenders living in the community. Wednesday night, a panel of city leaders rejected a plan to limit where offenders can live. The Department of Corrections says a residency ordinance makes it more difficult to keep track of offenders and therefore monitor their behavior. Several local communities already restrict where sex offenders can live. Green Bay raised the bar two years ago by saying sex offenders cannot live within 2,000 feet of places kids hang out. But authorities say the city is not any safer. Jerry Wiezbiskie was one of two alders who opposed the law in 2007. He said he believed people like Tom Smith from the Department of Corrections who told leaders in Manitowoc Wednesday what he told leaders in Green Bay...continue to full post

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