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Sex Offender Madness

By Corey Rayburnyung

I'm a bit slow in responding to apublicdefender's call for help regarding a story about sex offender madness (I blame my cold that will never go away). From the original post:Sex offender hysteria is well documented. Apparently, the Federal Government is also not immune from its mind altering effects. Consider the case of John Doe in Ohio. John Doe, convicted in 1993 of sexual battery in state court, is currently on Federal probation for unrelated drug offenses.A zealous probation officer must?ve looked at Doe?s criminal record and noticed the sex offense conviction. So, the probation officer required Doe to register as a sex offender in Ohio. Only one problem: Ohio state law exempts Doe from registering....If the State registers Doe, it is an illegal act in violation of the laws of the State of Ohio...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).