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Law enforcement panel urging repeal of sex offender residency restrictions in California

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this interesting AP article, a "law enforcement panel is recommending that California voters repeal the residency restrictions for sex offenders they approved four years ago because too many are listed as transient, making them more difficult to monitor." Here's more: Jessica's Law, passed by 70 percent of California voters in 2006, prohibits released sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park.  The residency restriction means there are few places the offenders can legally live in many communities.  That forces many of them to move frequently, making it difficult for agents to track their whereabouts. The 17-page report says 2,100 offenders have become transient since voters approved the law.  More than a third of paroled offenders are now transient, a 750 percent increase since the law took effect...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 12, 2010 (boomark / email).