New Subdivisions Ban Sex Offenders From Moving In

New Subdivisions Ban Sex Offenders From Moving In
Texas Developer To Begin Second Neighborhood

POSTED: 11:38 am EDT June 13, 2006

A new subdivision planned in Kansas will look and feel just like any other development in the fast-growing area.

But there's one big difference: Registered sex offenders won't be allowed to live in the new development in Lenexa, Kan. The development will be off of K-10 highway and and Woodland Road in Johnson County, Kan.

In August, construction begins on the Kansas City area's first sex-offender-restricted subdivision, probably only the second such development nationwide.

A Texas-based developer said his plan is an answer to a problem communities wrestle with -- how to keep sexual predators far from children and families.

Their first such project in Lubbock, Texas, has nearly sold out in nine months. Developer Clayton Isom said he's planning other such subdivisions in the Kansas City area after the Lenexa project is finished.

http://www.local6.com/family/9362047/detail.html

that restricts indicted politicians from moving in?

Someone was, say 18 years old, had sex with a 14 year old, and had to register as a sex offender for the rest of their life?
No force, no violence, and the parents of the minor do not want the adult in the situation to have a prison sentence, maybe counseling instead.
Are there NO exceptions for this?
Predators have no place in society, near children, but I just can't see the above situation as that of a predator. Someone who made a stupid mistake maybe, but not a predator.
I realize there is a fine line between offender and predator, but I would hope the punishment would fit the crime, which both of the above situations are.

has it been tested up to the supremes?

but then, I think sex offender registry is unconstitutional as well.