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• Position: STATELINE - Registration with law enforcement agencies of juvenile sex offenders - Brief article

Certain juvenile sex offenders in Ohio (eight, in fact) no longer face a lifetime requirement to register with law enforcement agencies, have their photos, addresses and criminal histories distributed to neighbors and schools, and be listed in a searchable state database of sex offenders. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in early April that the requirement was disproportionate to the crime and thus amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The court cited a growing national...