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thomas pauli

Homeless
8:04 am
Fri December 30, 2011

Federal judge allows registered sex offenders in Michigan homeless shelters

Credit (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio)
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 A federal judge’s ruling is opening the doors of Michigan’s homeless shelters to registered sex offenders.  

 Two years ago, a 51 year old homeless man was found frozen to death in Grand Rapids.  He was turned away by a   local homeless shelter because the man was a registered sex offender.   The shelter was less than a thousand feet from a school, which would have been a violation of a Michigan law barring sex offenders from living that close to a school.   

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