Who should be jailed? Seems to me that Probation has failed, it is their job to help their charges not give up, no matter how long it takes!7-29-2010 Ohio:
A registered sex offender who was evicted from her Shalersville home was sentenced to 18 months in prison because there is nowhere else for her to go, a judge ruled.
Shawna A. Conn, 20, was sentenced by Portage County Common Pleas Judge Laurie Pittman after the Portage County Adult Probation Department asked her to revoke probation because Conn failed to maintain a residence.
Conn, who already was a Tier I registered sex offender based on a conviction in Trumbull County, was living in Shalersville in June 2009 when she had sexual contact with an 11-year-old boy. After pleading guilty, she was sentenced in March by Pittman to time served and five years probation and was labeled a Tier II sex offender.
Conn has the mental capacity of a 10- or 11-year-old, her attorneys have said.
By court order, she is not allowed to have contact with her victim or allowed to reside with anyone under the age of 18. This has made finding housing difficult, Public Defender Dennis Lager and Assistant Prosecutor Eric Finnegan told Pittman.
“Based on lack of options, there is no alternative but to place her with” the Ohio Department of Corrections, Finnegan said. “We foresaw this may be a problem somewhere down the line, but we don’t see any other resolution.”
Pittman wished Conn luck, saying the defendant had cooperated with the court’s orders to the best of her ability.
“You’ve tried and you’ve cooperated with the court,” Pittman told Conn. “Best of luck to you.” ..Source.. by DAVE O’BRIEN | STAFF WRITER
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Are any of you as tired of this as I am?
The ONLY way we can win against these laws and the politician's that make them is to STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK.
This lady complied with EVERYTHING and yet, they put her back in the system because of the restrictions created by bad laws.
Are you ready to fight back yet????
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