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Posted: 10:14 PM Nov 5, 2009
AG asks Supreme Court to rule on sex offender law
Attorney General Jack Conway is asking the
U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the Kentucky Supreme Court's recent
ruling which loosened restrictions on where convicted sex offenders
may live.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Attorney General Jack Conway is asking the
U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the Kentucky Supreme Court's recent
ruling which loosened restrictions on where convicted sex offenders
may live.
Kentucky's high court recently denied Conway's request to
suspend its own ruling while he appeals to the federal supreme
court.
The state court ruled Oct. 1 that Kentucky's sex offender law,
passed in 2006, was unconstitutional because it also applied to sex
offenders who were convicted before the law was on the books. The
law barred sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools,
daycare centers, playgrounds and other places where children
congregate.
Conway has until Dec. 30 to file a motion seeking the federal
court's review, a move he says he'll do.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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There was a time in this country when we could feel a small measure of security. We felt that the government using our constitution and laws could protect us and our familites from perverts and other dangers lurking out there but now that is just not so!!! What happened to our rights???
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Concerned Momma: Contrary to the urban myth, nobody in jail really gives a crap what the person next to them did. They just want out and blame the system for their own problems.
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Umm, that is his job... And while I think they should all be thrown in jail for life, since our government won't do that then I have to agree with the Supreme Court here. As much as I hate it, they still have basic rights and as long as our law gives them those rights then the Supreme Court did the right thing (according to our laws). However, I think your protest should be geared towards changing the laws regarding sex offender punishment, not over this ruling.
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