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OH - Another person wins appeal

Original Article 12/19/2010 By MARY ANN GREIER LISBON - A ruling earlier this year by the Supreme Court of Ohio regarding sex offender reclassifications has resulted in another sex offender winning his appeal and having his civil case sent back to Columbiana County. [name withheld], 42, was one of several convicted sex offenders who challenged the constitutionality of a portion of Ohio's Adam Walsh Act, which resulted in the state automatically changing their classifications to more stringent requirements. The reclassifications which lengthened reporting requirements in some cases came after the offenders had already been in court and faced a judge, in effect, overturning court action. The Supreme Court ruled the move by the state in those cases was unconstitutional, resulting in the state reversing the action and reinstating the original sex offender classifications...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on December 20, 2010 (boomark / email).