http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs...290360/-1/NEWS


you dont have to be convicted simply accused , this horrible piece of shit legistlation passed with NO OPPOSITION.. i think every ohio state legislature should be impeached and placed on a national registry of stupid people


COLUMBUS - An Ohio legislative panel yesterday rubber-stamped an unprecedented process that would allow sex offenders to be publicly identified and tracked even if they've never been charged with a crime.

No one in attendance voiced opposition to rules submitted by Attorney General Jim Petro's office to the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, consisting of members of the Ohio House and Senate.

The committee's decision not to interfere with the rules puts Ohio in a position to become the first state to test a "civil registry."

The concept was offered by Roman Catholic bishops as an alternative to opening a one-time window for the filing of civil lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse that occurred as long as 35 years ago.

A recently enacted law allows county prosecutors, the state attorney general, or, as a last resort, alleged victims to ask judges to civilly declare someone to be a sex offender even when there has been no criminal verdict or successful lawsuit.

The rules spell out how the untried process would work. It would largely treat a person placed on the civil registry the same way a convicted sex offender is treated under Ohio's so-called Megan's Law.

The person's name, address, and photograph would be placed on a new Internet database and the person would be subjected to the same registration and community notification requirements and restrictions on where he could live.

A civilly declared offender, however, could petition the court to have the person's name removed from the new list after six years if there have been no new problems and the judge believes the person is unlikely to abuse again.

The attorney general's office said it continues to hold discussions with a group representing day care operators about one of the rules pertaining to what such facilities would do with information they might receive pertaining to someone on the registry if that person is living nearby.

Name... address... photograph...

It won't be long in operation until someone is murdered due to a false allegation. It's nice also that they simply refer to any potential offender as 'he'. What stupidity.

They already do, but this might be happening in order to retain the dominance they have and to counter the recent upsurge in reported female pedo's.

i think we should charge each legislature in ohio with child molestation so their name has to go on the list lets see how long that law lasts then

I understand, without being able to provide evidence unfortunately, that there have been instances where men have been killed because they resembled somebody on an existing offenders register.

Let's be honest here. The feminist approach is that all men are sex offenders by default. Their prefered register would start as a list of all men with only those who can prove their innocence eligible for removal.

The Ohio decision is simply one more step down that road.

Judging by some of the feminists I've read up on, I'm inclined to completely agree with you, Gwallan.