Amicus Brief in Challenge to Ohio Residency Restrictions

A reader was nice enough to forward me this link to an amicus brief that was sent to the Ohio Supreme Court.  Here is a portion of the brief discussing the way in which the statute may increase recidivism:

Additionally, the Ohio statute may increase the risk of recidivism by forcing many sex offenders to move from supportive environments that reduce the offenders' risk of re-offending. See, e.g., JOAN PETERSILIA, WHEN PRISONERS COME HOME: PAROLE AND PRISONER REENTRY (2003) (concluding that positive social support is critical to the success of released offenders.). In Mr. Porter's case, he and his wife lived in their home for fourteen years. Mr. Porter lived with his family and was well established in his community. In forcing Mr. Porter to vacate his residence, the State requires him to leave much more than the physical location where he lives, it asks him to leave the support network and potentially his source of services. Such phenomenon is seen throughout the country as sex offenders are required to leave their homes in the face of residence restrictions.

There is a lot of well-written stuff in the brief, so I recommend the whole the whole thing.  Ohio has been a key battleground state in the courts concerning residency restrictions.  The lower-level appellate courts have entered several opinions about the legality and constitutionality of residency restrictions.  I'm very interested to see how this Ohio Supreme Court case turns out.

Comments

[who are they kidding?]

Discrimination allows superiority where truth is hidden and corruption tends to creep in.

This is the human equation.

People change day to day. Things change, steal rusts while conceited blows away, but the energy that makes us who we are moves through us as we experience our lives.

Governments, Advocates, Churches, and Media put pressure on sex offenders who are struggling daily to make a way for their families.

These groups are one in the same who have created the realm of secrecy and oppress for gain.

To be ashamed of being a flawed human who makes mistakes, is the responsibility of the person/group/s allowing laws of decimation which is abuse.

Inflicting pain on any person who has been betrayed by that societies recklessness to hide the truth because of its own shame is the ultimate in irresponsibility.

By continuing to advocate lifetime sentences, separation, eradication, concerning sexual offenses is recognition of the breakdown of group/s and any system/s which supports this human rights abuse .

There can be no justice where the responsible party is the society which refuses acceptance of its error.

Thinking that labeling anyone concerning life and death decisions with regard to sexual offenses has no validity.

The stigma/demonization/and continuance of the myth is perpetrated by the group/s and any system/s that makes people suffer for a belief that has only for centuries hidden its own truth.

Please take time to write those who can change our laws.

What ever we do we do to ourselves as money and power leads us by the ring in our nose rendering us unable to hear or see beyond the sound of our own greed.

Mr. & Mrs. Keith Richard Radford Jr.
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