No Stiffies for Lifers

Henceforth, encarcerated criminal will no longer have California buying their Viagra or Cialis for them.

Schwarzenegger then asked state agencies to stop prescribing the drugs to sex offenders and asked lawmakers to pass a bill that would outlaw the coverage.

Why does it require a Republican to even consider such obvious, common sense reforms?

Other reforms just signed into law by the Governator will:

• Permit children to testify in sexual assault cases via closed circuit television, allowing them to face the assailants but from outside the courtroom.

• Prohibit parents from having custody of their children if the parent lives with a registered sex offender.

• Block the state's Department of Mental Health from placing sexually violent patients near schools after release from treatment.

• Allow state and local officials to use global positioning systems to monitor parolees.