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Ohio Court Upholds Retroactive Application of Sex Offender Law: According to an article by Mary Beth Lane, from the Columbus Dispatch, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is constitutional to retroactively enforce a 2003 law that toughened reporting and community-notification rules on registered sex offenders. See decision here. A 1998 court decision rejected a constitutional challenge to a similar 1996 law, ruling that the law's requirements could apply retroactively because its intent was to protect the community from future sex crimes rather than impose additional punishment on the offender. Justice Maureen O'Connor, who wrote the court's 4-3 majority opinion, used the same standard in upholding retroactive application of the 2003 law...continue to full post

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