The media doesn't quite have the court's decision correct. The case dealt with folks on parole/probation, and the court held that, residency laws frustrate state parole probation purposes, and therefore are preempted by the state's goals. Read the decision HERE.7-8-2011 Pennsylvania:
Registered sex offenders will soon be free to live wherever they choose in one West Shore community.
Why the change? The highest court in the state now says Lemoyne and other communities that have rules like this have no right telling anyone where they can and can't live.
According to the state police Megan's Law website, there are 13 registered sex offenders who work in Lemoyne, and three more who live there; with one living just outside of the municipal limits.
The current rule states they can't live within 500 feet of any borough school, daycare or any one of Lemoyne's five parks. But the state Supreme Court ruled in May that laws like that are unenforceable. And that's why Lemoyne will do away with the restrictions.
A borough council meeting is scheduled 7:30 pm on Thursday. ..Source.. by Ben Russell
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