3-2-2010 South Dakota:
The House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill Monday that would allow registered sex offenders to live in halfway houses or homeless shelters in community safety zones.
Senate Bill 7 would allow sex offenders on parole to stay at halfway houses within 500 feet of parks, pools or schools as long as they are supervised.
It also allows homeless offenders to stay in shelters regardless of location. In Sioux Falls, the only homeless shelter that will accept registered sex offenders, Union Gospel Mission, is adjacent to a park.
The bill, which already passed the Senate, now moves to the full House for a vote. ..Source.. John Hult, Argus Leader
March 2, 2010
House panel passes sex offender bill
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The registration system is a joke. Almost 90% of those forced to register took plea bargains and I imagine that more than 1/2 of the crimes committed were against consenting parties in which one was persuaded to cry wolf. Megans Law was designed to protect children....the number of sex offenders on the rolls of each state says that the judicial system is fuel by money not justice.
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