Anti-sex-offender zoning laws challenged, many changing

Some efforts by states that have tried in recent years to crack down on convicted sex offenders, even by controlling where they can and cannot live, may be unconstitutional and are coming under fire via court challenges in several states.

Currently 22 states restrict where convicted sex offenders live (Wisconsin is not one of them, though some Wisconsin communities have tried instituting their own regulations). Of those states, six - including California, Georgia and Iowa - are facing lawsuits from convicted sex offenders who claim the laws unconstitutionally penalize them after they have served their time. Those same laws, originally designed to protect the public, are also causing concern for law enforcement agencies who believe sexual predators are harder to track because they have no place to live. As a result, they say the law may be backfiring.

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