Judge Rules Kentucky Sex Offender Residency Law Unconstitutional

August 6, 2007 Judge Rules Kentucky Sex Offender Residency Law Unconstitutional On July 24, 2007, a Kentucky court ruled that a law prohibiting convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of churches, schools, day care establishments, or parks with pools or playgrounds was unconstitutional because it applied the restrictions too broadly. Kentucky District Judge Donald Armstrong ruled that the 2006 law, created by House Bill 157, applied the residency standards to all previously convicted sex offenders, even those who had not reoffended. He clarified that it should only affect accused sex offenders with pending criminal charges and should . . .