A voter-approved law prohibiting sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or a park amounts to additional punishment for the offenders’ original crimes, a state appeals court has ruled in a case that could affect thousands of parolees.
Prop. 83, called Jessica’s Law by its sponsors, imposes “traditional banishment under another name,” the court said.
Lisa Page, spokeswoman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said the administration is reviewing the ruling. “The governor strongly supports Jessica’s Law and keeping families and children safe,” she said.
