Indiana high court asked to clarify sex offender ban

[The Straight Story]

Ind. high court asked to clarify sex offender ban

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Supreme Court is being asked to prevent an Indianapolis suburb from banning sex offenders from public parks in a case that could expand a trend of state court rulings finding constitutional problems with restrictions on sex offenders.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana appealed a state Court of Appeals ruling that upheld Plainfield's ban last September. So far the high court hasn't said whether it will hear the case brought by a sex offender listed only as John Doe in court documents.

The case could join a handful of recent Indiana rulings on laws that restrict sex offenders' activities after they've done their time.

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that a state law that prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, public park or youth program center could not be used to force a sex offender to move from a home where he had lived for 20 years.

In April, the high court overturned a man's conviction for not registering as a sex offender because he had already completed a sentence for child molestation before the state's Sex Offender Registration Act was passed.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-sexoffenders-park,0,247442.story

[rd_kent]

1. Im am so weary of the "registered sex offender" requirement

Not all of them are what most would consider a "sex offender".