11-23-2008 Ohio:
Springfield, Ohio — In his years of prosecuting sex crimes in Clark County, Andy Wilson has tried many accused child molesters.
Only two of those were strangers to the victim.
The majority of the time, it's someone the victim knows, Wilson said. Statistics back him up: More than 90 percent of child molestations are committed by someone who knows the child, like a relative, neighbor or family friend, according to research.
Legislation prohibiting sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school was passed by lawmakers in 2003 to keep convicted sex offenders away from areas where many children gather, partly to keep them from having the opportunity to establish a relationship with a child.
-That logic makes no sense because when children are at school or in day cares, they are supervised and there for a purpose which leaves them no time fo socializing. i.e. establishing a relationship with someone who is not in there class or day care. The reasoning is nothing more than a false premise.
The law can apply to schools, day care centers and even parks.
But supporters and opponents of the ban continue to battle over whether it does any good. Both sides say they are trying to reduce the likelihood that sex offenders will commit new crimes.
At least 18 sex offenders in Clark County and two in Champaign County live within 1,000 feet of schools. They committed their offenses or moved to their current homes before July 31, 2003, the date a state law went into effect. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this year that residency restrictions don't apply to them.
In New Carlisle, one neighbor of a registered sex offender filed a civil lawsuit in an attempt to force the man and his family out of their home.
The sex offender, who agreed to speak with the News-Sun if his name was not used in this article, said he is a threat to no one.
"I've done everything that the sheriff has asked of me. I have done everything that the attorney general has asked of me," the sex offender said. "I want him (the neighbor) to leave me and my family alone."
But a bill introduced in the state legislature might bolster his neighbor's claim.
House Bill 607 would make residency restrictions apply to all sex offenders, regardless of when they committed their offenses. ..News Source.. by Megan Gildow and Emanuel Cavallaro, Staff Writers
November 23, 2008
OH- Child's molester rarely a stranger
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This is just of hundreds of thousands of reasons the registry does not belong in the hands of society.
Maybe if the neighbor made even a half hearted attempt to speak with this RSO and his family he may see the fallacy the media and polictians are spoon feeding the public.
This neighbor cannot get past the RSOs offense therefore he is stuck in his ignorance and self righteousness.
Is the golden rule "Do unto others as you would have done unto you."
I guess the ignorant neighbor wants his closet skeletons to be resurrected and put on display for all to know. Because not only should you treat others as you want to be treated BUT YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW!!
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