the debate on iowa's sex offender registry laws

Sen. Larry McKibben, a Marshalltown Republican and chairman of a task force that will review the 2,000-foot law this year, believes the state residency requirement for offenders has been a good thing. While the 2,000-foot law needs some tweaking, he said, "it's my personal belief that people are safer, in that there is more information out there and people are accessing that information."


"We just filed charges last week against a guy who said he lived out there at the Ced-Rel and he doesn't," Zeller said. "Prior to the law going into effect, we knew where 90 percent of the people were. Now we know where about 50 to 55 percent of them are."

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