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OH - Justices Could Rule On Sex Offender Cases

Original Article 03/01/2011 Listen - The Ohio Supreme Court considered two cases involving sex offenders Tuesday. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports they could decide once and for all what happens to sex offenders who are caught up in a sea of changing legislation. These cases follow up on a ruling from last June, in which the Ohio Supreme Court decided parts of Ohio?s version of the federal Adam Walsh sex offender law were unconstitutional. The law re-classified sex offenders into three tiers, and the justices ruled the state couldn?t override the sentencing decisions made by local judges in reclassifying offenders who?d already been sentenced. These two cases involve people who were caught in between the old law ? Megan?s Law ? and the new Adam Walsh Law, also known as Senate Bill 10...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 02, 2011 (boomark / email).