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IA - Officers lobby for sex offender law reforms; rules hard to enforce in area

View the article here Sounds like people are finally thinking for once! 04/27/2009 By RUSS MITCHELL Clay County Sheriff Randy Krukow was among the group of officers and prosecutors this week who called on the Legislature overhaul Iowa's sex abuse laws. Krukow supports a proposed bill, which divides persons convicted of a sexual offense into three tiers. Offenders in different tiers would be under different restrictions, based on the nature of the offense -- an intoxicated college student who exposes himself or herself to another adult in a moment of poor judgement, for example, would be registered but would have less restrictions than a violent sexual predator. The more violent offender would have to report his or her whereabouts more often and would be on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry for a longer period of time...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on April 29, 2009 (boomark / email).