The law is unconstitutional. It's ridiculously overbroad and denies due process in that it also seeks to ban people who are
accused of a crime.
In terms of people who have already been convicted, on an individual basis, yes, the courts do sometimes "ban" people from going to certain places (sex offenders not going near daycare centers, for example). However, in all cases, those "bans" need to be substantially related to the crime the person has committed.
You cannot simply, as others have suggested, ban all convicts from a certain municipality. That is not substantially related to their crime and punishment.
Look at the article again. People downtown are complaining about "unsavory" people hanging around. The complaints aren't even reasonable - to find someone, without interacting with them, to look "unsavory" is sheer prejudice. The law should be for fighting actual crime, not for making skittish, prejudiced people feel comfortable.
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Quote by: tivodan1116 It's obviously unconstitutional | Why would you care about that? |
Would you care to explain this statement further? I don't know how to respond to this.