I'm behind on a lot of my news and web coverage, so this is an extra-long edition of Around the Web.
In North Carolina, a sex offender residency restriction is going into effect on Friday. From the article, "The law says that no sex offender or predator can live within 1,000 feet of a school or child care center's property line."
Mason City, Iowa has decided to supplement the state's residency restrictions with its own rule despite the problems of enforcement being experience in the state.
In an uncommon move, the mayor of Marlboro, Massachusetts has vetoed a residency restriction proposal that would have effectively barred sex offenders from that community.
An attorney in Okeechobee County says that sex offender residency restrictions are "lightning rods" that attract lawsuits.
New York is considering joining other states in more liberally allowing sex offenders to be sent to psychiatric facilities after serving their sentences.
In South Lake Tahoe, the city is expanding the state's residency restrictions on sex offenders. A town in Maine is also adopting a 2,500 foot exclusion zone.
Abyss2hope has an unusual post about insight into the life of a sex offender.
In Pennsylvania, it looks like a version of Jessica's Law will be passed. One interesting wrinkle in the law is a forfeiture provision which I haven't seen before.
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