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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sex offenders who lived within 1,000 feet of a school or day care center before lawmakers made it illegal can't be evicted, a county court judge has ruled.
Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce overturned a 2006 change to a state law that forced sex offenders to move if they lived near a school, even if they moved in before the change took effect.
The judge ruled the change unconstitutional because it retroactively punished sex offenders. The law also does not force sex offenders to move if a school or day care center opens nearby.
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