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Ohio Supreme Court Rules Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Not Retroactive
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2009
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2009, page 48
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Sex Offender Registration,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Sex Offender Residence.
Location:
Ohio.
The Supreme Court of Ohio held that a state statute restricting sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of a school (R.C. 2950.031) did not apply to sex offenders whose home purchase and offense occurred before the statute’s enactment.
Gerry R. Porter was convicted of sexual imposition ...
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