When Ohio repealed its version of Megan’s Law and enacted its Adam Walsh Act, many thorny questions arose about which registration requirements applied in a variety of circumstances. On August 22, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio will try and sort out some of these issues. To help understand these cases and put them in
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Merit Decision. Punishing Juvenile Sex Offenders. In Re C.P.
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Update: On June 25, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states cannot impose a mandatory life sentence with no possiblity of parole upon juvenile offenders involved in homicide offenses. The 5-to-4 decision came in the companion cases of Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs. This decision follows the 2010 precedent in Graham …
In Sharper Focus: Registration Requirements for Ohio Sex Offenders Under Ohio’s Version of Megan’s Law and the Adam Walsh Act.
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The Supreme Court of Ohio has signaled its intent to further address some issues dealing with failure to register under Ohio’s version of Megan’s Law and the Adam Walsh Act.
In 1994, when a convicted New Jersey sex offender raped and killed a neighbor’s child, New Jersey passed “Megan’s Law,” which required sex offenders to…
Punishment or Civil Remedy?
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In State v. Williams the Ohio Supreme Court continues its long-running debate about whether the community registration and notification requirements of sex-offender statutes are punitive or remedial. At issue specifically is whether a convicted sex-offender can be re-classified under a newer, more stringent law than the one in effect at the time he committed the …