Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Sex offenders go home

Thousands of Ohio sex offenders can return to their homes after the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in favor of a Green Township man who fought a July 2003 law retroactively requiring him to move because of an earlier conviction.

Justices agreed in a 6-1 decision that the state legislature was unclear about the law’s retroactive intent when it banned sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools.

Gerry Porter Jr., 45, plans to move back home with his family in Bridgetown after Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Ruehlman ordered him to move in October 2005 because he lived about 300 yards from St. Jude’s School.


It's always been odd to me that a sex offender can stand outside of a school yard and watch kids but can't live within a 1000 feet of a school regardless of their offense.

I know of a guy who is required to be inside of his home by 10:00 every night. You know... because the streets are lined up with kids after 10:00.

Hopefully, the courts will bring some sanity to these stupid restrictions on these offenders.

As I always say, if our elected officials truly believe these guys are a danger to our kids, why are they on the streets to begin with?


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