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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (453)	4/8/2010 4:17:57 PM
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What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime? volokh.com Where, According to Tort Law, Should Accused Criminals and Ex-Convicts Live? volokh.com Patrick216 says: Eugene, I’m a big law & order guy, but even I admit that these restrictive laws are getting absurd. Also consider this recent NPR piece piece detailing the effect of sexual offender registration laws in Miami. A “shantytown” has formed under a bridge linking Miami to Miami Beach because various laws prohibit sexual offenders from living within 2500 feet of various things, and the bridge is the only piece of property in the county that lies outside the 2500 foot radius. It’s a classic NIMBY problem. You have to put the sex offenders somewhere, but nobody wants them because they’re virtually certain to reoffend. Time to bring back penal colonies? volokh.com Malvolio says: I am curious about this theory that controlling the domiciles of suspected or actual criminal and/or “warning” neighbors about their proximity have any salutary effect. I mean, how is that supposed to help? Like sex-offenders not living within 1000 feet of a school. Do legislators imagine that pedophiles are sessile creatures, like sea anemones or Venus fly-traps, and have to wait passively for their victims to come with reach? And the warnings and website? Finish the following sentence intelligently: “I see there’s a convicted rapist living eight blocks from me. To protect my family, I should –” volokh.com Thatguy says: Three students from Duke would have issue with this, I’m sure. volokh.com