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California Supreme Court

Jun. 29, 2009

State Will Roll Back Sex Offender Rule

A portion of Jessica's law would have required paroled sex offenders who are homeless not to remain inside any building more than two hours.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - In the latest of a series of changes the state has been forced to make as a result of the real-world complexities wrought by the Jessica's Law ballot measure, California's corrections department is now having to pull back from stringent requirements it created to monitor the living situation of paroled sex offenders.

Because of the ballot measure's strict regulations governing the proximity of...

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