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OH - Mayors back legislation on sex offenders

View the article here 10/27/2009 By CHRISTOPHER BOBBY WARREN - Mayors in the two largest Trumbull County cities are backing legislation calling for increased scrutiny of violent sex offenders on the verge of being released from prison. Both Mayors Michael O'Brien in Warren and Ralph Infante in Niles say they agree with the view of County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, who asked both mayors to write to Gov. Ted Strickland, urging the passage of what's known now as Senate Bill 67. Watkins found out about the proposal while preparing a successful challenge to a Warren sexual predator, who was preparing to be released from prison and live with his brother, who also happens to be a sex offender recently released from a prison in Georgia. Watkins and the legislation call for a civil commitment proceeding that could keep violent offenders in treatment centers or halfway houses even after their formal release from prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on October 27, 2009 (boomark / email).