Lake Michigan College Allows Sex Offenders Back On Campus

Lake Michigan College reinstated a student who they expelled last year for being a registered sex offender on Tuesday.

The student has been appealing the decision with the help of the ACLU, and had been attending classes, barring the outcome since the beginning of this year. Another student who also appealed was reinstated last year.

The cases were sparked by a 2010 rule that restricted the enrollment of felons and sex offenders at the college.

The Herald-Palladium has more:

College officials found three students already attending classes who had been convicted of sex crimes involving children, and announced a policy of barring those convicted of such crimes from attending classes on campus.

The decision sparked a controversy, with some LMC students questioning why someone who committed a sex crime against an adult, including a rapist, wouldn't be a safety risk as well.

"The law is clear that there must be individual assessment," Gary M. Pavela, a college legal consultant told the Chronicle of Higher Education during the appeals process. "I think there is a legitimate legal question here worthy of challenge."

Comments

[dbrett480]

02:04 PM on 06/26/2011

Thanks again to the ACLU; making sure the communities are safe and hospitable to criminals.

[nutsaccoupe63]

01:27 PM on 06/26/2011

a sex offender is a sex offender, a predator

and when they attack again, and the odds are they will. then what?

[Richcrafter]

11:03 PM on 06/23/2011

Darn. Have to move again.

[TexasPatriot1776]

12:23 PM on 06/23/2011

this can't go wrong.

[Rocky Lore]

11:19 AM on 06/23/2011

It's amazing how the same schools that supposedly want to keep the students safe are welcoming rapists onto their campus.

[Gennaphyr]

12:07 PM on 06/23/2011

Many on the sex offender registry are there because they had consensual sex with a minor. There are many cases of an 18 or 19 year old having sex with his 16 year old girlfriend and having to be a registered sex offender. The schools need to take that into consideration.

[V-rod]

03:12 PM on 06/23/2011

wrong, most of those cases are either someone over 20 years old, or an 18 year old with a 14 year old or younger.

[nutsaccoupe63]

01:25 PM on 06/26/2011

18 yo with a 16 yo ?? 19 with 17 those cases are whats called romeo and juliet status and 99% arent prosecuted if not 100

[Garspies]

12:23 PM on 06/23/2011

It is a very broad brush indeed that you paint with.