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The
Adam Walsh Act
On
June 30, 2007, Senate Bill 10
and Senate Bill 97 were signed
into law. These two bills
implement the federal Adam Walsh
Act in Ohio, and make
substantial changes in Ohio's
sex offender classification,
registration, and notification
systems for adults and
juveniles, and greatly increase
the penalties for failure to
register.
Senate
Bill 10 is retroactive, so
people convicted or adjudicated
for sex offenses many years ago
could be affected.
For more
information about
Senate Bill 10
Frequently
Asked Questions
Attorney
Information
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Supreme
Court upholds man's
predator' status
(The
Plain Dealer © 9/24/2008)
Columbus
-- A law labeling a rapist
a sexual predator after he
was sentenced to prison is
not a violation of state
and U.S. constitutional
rules that disallow
retroactive punishment,
the Ohio Supreme Court
ruled Wednesday.
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David
H. Bodiker
Lecture Series on Criminal Justice
David
H. Bodiker, the Ohio Public
Defender from 19942007, died
on Jan. 25, 2008. His
family and friends are working
with his law school alma mater, The
Ohio State University Moritz
College of Law, to
establish the David H. Bodiker
Lecture Series on Criminal
Justice. This will be an
annual series that will bring
nationally-known speakers to
Ohio. The project is
currently in the fundraising and
organizing stages, and hopes to
have the first speaker in Spring
2009. If you wish to
contribute to the project,
click
here for a donation form,
which can be mailed to:
Michael
E. Moritz College of Law
The
Ohio State University
Office
of Development
55
West Twelfth Ave. 374 DH
Columbus,
OH 43210-1338
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Parole
Litigation Update
David
Hall v. Harry Hageman et al.
Douglas
Ankrom et al. v. Harry Hageman
et al.
Limitations
in the Assignment of Counsel in Juvenile Court
House Bill 66
contained
language which amended O.R.C.
Section 2151.352, limiting the
right to counsel, at government
expense, under O.R.C. 120 et
seq., in certain civil matters
that may be heard in Juvenile
Court. (Click
here for more information)
Post
Conviction DNA Testing
On
July 11, 2006, Senate
Bill 262 was signed by the
governor and went into immediate
effect.
SB 262 creates a program
for post-conviction DNA testing
that does not expire.
Previously,
post-conviction DNA testing was
made available through Senate
Bill 11, which created a
one-year program, and then
through House Bill 525, which
extended the SB 11 program for
an additional year, but expired
in October 2005.
If
you have questions about the
post-conviction DNA testing
program created by SB 262,
contact the Office of the Ohio
Public Defender:
For
an application for DNA under SB 262.
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