MN: Judge strikes down Dayton, Minnesota sex offender residency restrictions.
A Hennepin County judge has struck down an ordinance in Dayton, Minn. that restricts where sex offenders can live in the community, saying the measure is trumped by state law.
In a recent decision, Hennepin County District Judge Susan Robiner declared the Dayton ordinance “void and invalid” because it was expressly designed to conflict with a state law that establishes a legal process for releasing civilly committed sex offenders from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) and reintegrating them back into society. Such local ordinances, the judge added, would have a “devastating effect” on the MSOP’s ability to discharge offenders from the program.
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I wonder if this case can still be added as an example to the Miami-Dade v Does case here.
It is frustrating when you try your best to obey the state restrictions, but then have to worry about additional restrictions in other areas of the state. I live in a rural area with no stores or libraries, so I have to travel to neighboring towns to use such facilities. How do I know if those communities have passed additional restrictions? They don’t post signs. Some have no website with the information. And as I have learned from this site, I would be foolish to ever travel to Florida for a vacation. I’m almost afraid to leave my home because of the target on my back.
Great news for them in Mn. Means nothing for us here in a Home Rule State. Our counties and cities can do that any time they want as long as its more severe than the State law.
Exactly im getting tired of reading other states reliefs and nothing but bad things from Florida I used to read this all the time but now not so much in Florida you are just screwed and its going to get worse