CRANSTON, R.I. — The settlement Wednesday of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, means there will be no cap on the number of sex offenders allowed to live at the Harrington Hall homeless shelter.
This all stems from a state law that was set to take effect a year ago, limiting the number of sex offenders at Harrington hall to 10% of the shelter’s population, or 11 people. But then the ACLU filed a lawsuit saying that was unconstitutional.
The ACLU argued that Harrington Hall is a “shelter of last resort” for homeless sex offenders, and that in many cases the only other choice for these men is to sleep on the streets. The lawsuit also contended there was no increase in re-offenses tied to the number of convicted predators living at the Howard Avenue shelter.
“It means that as long as Harrington Hall makes sure that there’s no other place for these individuals to go, they’re allowed to stay at the shelter. Nobody is well-served by having these individuals just out on the streets, and particularly during winter months. So we think the settlement is favorable to everybody,” said Rhode Island ACLU executive director Steven Brown
Could have used THAT aclu here in florida with our voting rights. Is it that the organization is factioned to the point that there are differences in philosophy per region?
This is another prime example of those supporting the sex offender registry are not interested in protecting anyone , there only objective is to torture and kill. Just like the mob lynchings of the 1900s. They can’t do it to blacks anymore so they have to find someone else to hate. Fortunately there is a few judges out there that can see it doesn’t seem quite right. Thank You ACLU.
These rulings are just to few and far between.
They ALWAYS have to throw in that word “PREDATOR”, instead of just sex-offender.
It is a “click-bait word. Nothing more, nothing less. It is to get you to “click” on that article.
(Just say) I peed on a lightpost…. NOW I am a predator?? Couldnt I sue for Defamation of Character?
This word “Predator” is being thrown around more than “Collusion”