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Judge to hear ACLU challenge to sex offender residency law
"PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge is scheduled to hear a challenge by the ACLU of Rhode Island to Rhode Island's newly enacted law making it a crime for certain sex offenders to live within 1,000 feet of a school.
The hearing by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. is set for 3 p.m. Friday in Providence.
The ACLU says the residency prohibition on all Level 3 sex offenders is unconstitutionally vague, violates due process, retroactively punishes those who already completed their sentences and interferes with privacy interests without a legitimate purpose.
Dozens of Providence residents have been ordered to move and the ACLU is seeking to stop enforcement of the law while its complaint is being litigated."
"PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge is scheduled to hear a challenge by the ACLU of Rhode Island to Rhode Island's newly enacted law making it a crime for certain sex offenders to live within 1,000 feet of a school.
The hearing by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. is set for 3 p.m. Friday in Providence.
The ACLU says the residency prohibition on all Level 3 sex offenders is unconstitutionally vague, violates due process, retroactively punishes those who already completed their sentences and interferes with privacy interests without a legitimate purpose.
Dozens of Providence residents have been ordered to move and the ACLU is seeking to stop enforcement of the law while its complaint is being litigated."