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Elizabeth Urban

Missouri Sex Offenders No Longer Required to Warn Kids to Avoid Their Homes on Halloween After Judge Rules Law Unconstitutional

Missouri sex offenders will no longer have to display a sign in their window telling children to avoid their home on Halloween after a federal judge ruled that part of the law unconstitutional. This is a representational image. (Credit: ottawagraphics /Pixabay)

Missouri sex offenders will no longer have to display a sign in their window warning children on Halloween after a federal judge ruled part of the law unconstitutional.

The 2008 law made it so that registered sex offenders had to post a sign at their home stating, "No candy or treats at this residence" on Halloween. U.S. District Judge John Ross declared Thursday that this part of the law violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution, as reported by KMOV.

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