Sex offender residency law under fire

Critics of Georgia's crackdown on sex offenders are trying to block the eviction of a 29-year-old woman who is the face of a lawsuit challenging the tough new restrictions. Lawyers for Wendy Whitaker filed a motion in Columbia County Superior Court today urging a judge to block an eviction scheduled for next week. The new rules, approved in 2006, ban sex offenders from living, working or loitering within 1,000 feet of just about anywhere children gather.

(Associated Press)