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With the gut-wrenching details of heinous sex crimes making national headlines in the past few years, it's easy to see why cities and states would rush to get tougher on offenders even after they get out of prison. The rape and murder of Jessica Lunsford, 9, in March caused Florida to pass a law in May that mandates lifetime monitoring with ankle bracelets for anyone convicted of a sex crime against a minor. The 2003 abduction of North Dakota college student Dru Sjodin helped spur the creation of a national online registry of sex offenders that began rolling...
...bans in the country by barring anyone convicted of a sexual crime against a minor from living within 2,000 ft. of a school or day-care center. That comes just two months after another Iowa bill, which requires DNA samples from all sex offenders and mandates life in prison for anyone convicted of a second sexual offense against a minor. "The public wants this," says Iowa attorney general Tom Miller. "Iowans feel strongly about stopping sexual abuse...
...care center and asked not to be named in this story, told TIME he plans to move to Nebraska or South Dakota to escape Iowa's pending residency restrictions. Convicted at 19 for having nonforcible sexual relations with a 14-year-old, he served two years in prison before his release in June 2004. "What really bothers me is that years from now, I'll still have to worry about something I did at age 19," says the offender, who is now 23. "This is like using a broadsword to cut out a lump of cancer." Legislator Jerry Behn...
...local ordinance that could keep him from living near any bus stop. "All of a sudden they are telling me where I can live and where I can't live. They are trying to take everything away from me," says Elwell, a former teacher who served one year in prison after pleading guilty to the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl seven years ago. Now married with two kids, he owns a pizza shop in Cape...
...drama Prison Break, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) gets himself incarcerated so he can break out his brother, who he believes was wrongfully imprisoned for killing the Vice President's brother. That is not the far-fetched part of the story. The far-fetched part is that no one realizes he's doing...