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OH - Revoke Adam Walsh Act Laws!

View the article here06/10/2008In Ohio, vs Vincent Holloman-Cross, the Court of Appeals refused to recognize the implementation of the Ohio Adam Walsh Act?s retro-active application as being punitive in nature.The ex post facto clause of Article I, Sections 9 and 10 of the United States Constitution prohibit:Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal; and punishes such action. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed.Every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts a greater punishment, than the law annexed to the crime, when committed.? Calder v. Bull (1798), 3 U.S. 386, 390.{¶ 16} The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is contained in the Adam Walsh Act, enacted on July 27, 2006, which requires convicted sex offenders to register in the jurisdiction in which he or she resides...continue to full post

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