Can Sex Offenders be Banned From Church?

Most recently, Profs Berman and Dorf weigh in. If churches are anything like schools, I am surprised that the law does not provide for limited exceptions for attending church services. Perhaps the state could have thought of that, or will they add a provision to avoid going to court?

Or, with the constitutional analysis pending, will sex offenders be further separated into legal categories, such as dangerous, dangerous to children, and not dangerous, not violent, and no risk? Many, from what I understand, present absolutely no risk of reoffending whatsoever. And that's the point of these laws, correct? Let's get them off the registries! It will make it easier to track the ones requiring the attention.

What might that do to the notion of tracking, registries, and bans from residence in proximity to schools, school bus stops and such?

Great Blogs

Professor Douglas Berman's blog, Sentencing Law and Policy, which I have linked permanently on my site, is by far the best I've found. Today he features a conference at the New School in New York on the topic of Crime and Punishment, available here: [The invited speakers and the topics to be discussed (detailed here and here) are truly amazing. A detailed agenda can be found at this link,] This is a truly amazing line up of great thinkers and abstracts to guide you further, if that is what turns you on. This conference is happening next week in New York.

Also, Doug's permanent links to Criminal Law blogs provide more than enough for astute students of this topic (and legislative assistants) to begin to get their daily digest of must read stuff. Also, there is a reason that Doug has placed these links in the order that he has on his site.