10-1-2009 Kentucky:
The Supreme Court of Kentucky has ruled that a law limiting where registered sex offenders can live cannot apply to those who committed offenses before July 12, 2006, the day the law was implemented.
The law prohibits sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of playgrounds, daycare centers and schools, and changed how the distance is measured.
The court, in a decision dated Oct. 1, said the law is punitive in nature and violates the ex post facto clause in the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from passing laws that increase punishment for old crimes.
In October 2006, authorities in Fayette County began knocking on doors and arresting sex offenders who were in violation of the law. At the time, there were 256 sex offenders in Fayette County and 180 were expected to move.
Most of them were living in older, urban neighborhoods inside New Circle Road. Downtown Lexington was virtually off limits.
Several registered sex offenders owned homes for years and were upset about being forced to move because of a new law.
Sex offenders across the state took their concerns to court only to receive varying opinions from judges. ..Source.. by Shawntaye Hopkins
See Commonwealth of Kentucky -v- Michael Baker 2007-SC-000347-CL, 10-1-2009
October 1, 2009
KY- Ky. Supreme Court strikes down sex offender law
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YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD DECISION, kENTUCKY IS HARDLY A BASIN OF LIBERALISIM SO WHEN THESE DECISIONS COME FROM "CONSERVATIVE" QUARTERS THEN YOU REALLY KNOW THE LAW WAS WRONG
It is interesting to note that is Georgia they are literally taking people to jail for just attending church...I salute our Commonwealth for making a decision that is finally constitutional. Even a convicted felon has rights!
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