Sex Offenders Can Be Prohibited from Living Within 2,000 Feet of a School or Registered Child Care Facility; Ruling Not Disturbed

Doe v. Miller, 405 F.3d 700 (8th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 757 (2005)

Every state has adopted legislation that imposes registration and community notification on certain sex offenders, and there is now an Internet-based (www.nsopr.gov) national repository that collects and makes available to the public the names and the home and work addresses of these offenders. In addition, nineteen states have passed sexual offender civil commitment statutes, several states have abolished the statute of limitations on felony child sex abuse charges (e.g., Alaska, Maine, Rhode Island), at least two states have enacted legislation to admit evidence of prior acts of child abuse at a trial where there are current charges of child sexual abuse (California and Michigan), many states have increased sentences for sex offenders (e.g., Florida), a number of states have extended or enhanced the supervision of sex offenders upon release from prison (e.g., Florida authorizes lifetime supervision), and eighteen states have established buffer zones that prohibit registered sex offenders from living near places where children congregate. Susan Broderick, Innovative Legislative Strategies for Dealing with Sexual Offenders, 18(10) AMERICAN PROSECUTORS RESEARCH INSTITUTE UPDATE 1 (2006)...

Found in DMHL Volume 25 Issue 2