Court won't overturn sex offender ban

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to overturn an ordinance banning registered sex offenders from parks in the Indianapolis suburb of Plainfield.

The court declined to hear the case by a 4-1 vote, letting stand without comment a state Court of Appeals ruling upholding the 2002 ordinance.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana had sought a ruling to clarify the court's stand on such local ordinances. The court has generally declined to strike down laws restricting the activities of sex offenders but has found constitutional problems with enforcement in certain cases.

Plainfield town attorney Mel Daniel said officials were pleased with the decision released on Thursday.

ACLU attorney Ken Falk said the group might now drop a lawsuit over a similar ordinance in Greenwood.