State Representative Files Sex Offender "Buffer Zone" Proposal

State Representative Files Sex Offender "Buffer Zone" Proposal


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(KSL News) -- An Eyewitness News Investigation identified the problem of registered sex offenders living next door to Utah Schools.

Today, a Utah lawmaker filed legislation that could make them move. Representative Greg Hughes' proposal would force sex offenders to live at least 500-feet away from a school or park, and create a "buffer zone" between the offenders and children.

In Thursday's Deseret Morning News, find out why similar proposals haven't worked in other states.

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