updated 10/3/2012 3:15:56 AM ET
Sex Offenders Sue Over Halloween Restrictions
"An attorney representing five Simi Valley sex offenders who sued the city over limits to their Halloween activities said the lawsuit will be the first of several she expects to file over such restrictions.
Lawyer Janice Bellucci heads the 18-month-old advocacy group California Reform Sex Offender Laws. On Friday, she filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that Simi Valley's ordinance violates her clients' First Amendment rights.
The suit seeks a judge's order prohibiting enforcement of the ordinance in Simi Valley, which has 119 registered sex offenders, according to a city report. Bellucci is representing five unnamed sex offenders, three of their spouses and two minor children, she said.
The ordinance, adopted Sept. 10, prohibits registered sex offenders in the Ventura County city of about 125,000 from displaying Halloween decorations, answering the door to trick-or-treaters or having outside lighting after dark on Oct. 31."
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49266077/ns/local_news-los_angeles_ca/#.UG0Xha7k80k
California Sex Offenders Fighting Halloween Ban
http://abcnews.go.com/US/california-sex-offenders-fighting-halloween-ban/story?id=17386757#.UG0lj67k80l
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