The rhetoric behind passing this worthless bill is the typical fearmongering nonsense used to pass all these kinds of laws. This is why we must pay attention even to the most mundane changes to existing laws. Usually the rhetoric comes from a Republican.
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2016/02/10/columbus-ohio-ohio-house-passes-legislation-to-require-mandatory-prison-sentences-for-sex-offenders.html
Ohio House Passes Legislation To Require Mandatory Prison Sentences For Sex Offenders
By 10TV Web Staff
Wednesday February 10, 2016 10:16 PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio House of Representatives has pushed forward legislation that will require a mandatory prison sentence for sex offenders.
House Bill 405 establishes a mandatory prison sentence for soliciting a child under 13 years old to engage in sexual activity.
The bill also stipulates that if an offender is more than 10 years older than a victim, who is 13 to 16-years-old, the offender will receive a mandatory prison sentence.
State Representative Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster), who joint sponsored the bill, said House Bill 405 will fix a major legal problem in Ohio.
“Unfortunately it is not always an officer on the other side of the computer screen, it is a child,” Schaffer said. “House Bill 405 will fix a loophole in Ohio law that is allowing dangerous sexual predators to get away with their crimes against children with a slap on the wrist and no disincentive to commit these crimes again.”
According to Rep. Schaffer, as few as 20 percent of people charged with soliciting sex from children are serving time in prison.
“It is time that we show these dangerous predators a serious deterrent, otherwise they will keep preying on our most vulnerable population—our children,” he said.
The legislation was brought forward after 10 Investigates studied cases of importuning in Franklin County.
In the case ranging from 2010 to 2014, 10 Investigates found that only 19 of 93 offenders charged served a prison sentence. Seventy of those only received probation.
House Bill 405 passed with unanimous support and will now go to the Senate for further consideration.
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Lawmaker Starts Sex Offender Prison Push After 10 Investigates Story
When I think online stings I immediately think of all those corrupt sting operations in Florida last year.
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2015/05/13/columbus-ohio-lawmaker-starts-sex-offender-prison-push-after-10-investigates-story.html
Lawmaker Starts Sex Offender Prison Push After 10 Investigates Story
By Nathan Baca
Wednesday May 13, 2015 6:37 PM
UPDATED: Wednesday May 13, 2015 6:38 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A state lawmaker wants to change state law on sex offenders after 10 Investigates exposed a legal loophole.
House Bill 208 introduced Wednesday would create mandatory prison sentences for more online sexual predators.
10 Investigates uncovered multiple cases of criminals going online and trying to meet teens for sex. The crime is called importuning. Some of them ended up caught by undercover Sheriff’s detectives.
In its series “Online And Off The Hook,” 10 Investigates looked at every Franklin County importuning case since 2010.
There were 107. Only 19 were sent to prison and 70 got probation and sent back on our streets.
The numbers uncovered by 10 Investigates upset the lawmaker who wrote a 2008 law he believed mandated prison sentences.
"We've got to improve this law. We've got to fix this loophole that apparently the judiciary is letting some folks through without any prison time," Rep. Tim Schaffer, Republican from Lancaster.
10 Investigates found the cause for so many online sexual predators were receiving probation. Prison overcrowding was one concern. But some judges questioned detectives posing as teens online.
"Some might say, we have a victimless crime,” Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Richard Sheward said.
If passed into law, the new prison sentences would work like this. If a person tries to solicit someone between the ages of 13 and 16, or an undercover police officer, they would be guaranteed six months in prison.
If they offend again, that prison sentence goes up to 18 months. If that same person is approaching someone they believe is 12 or younger, they could spend as much as three years in prison.
If House Bill 208 passes any new law on online sexual predators would not change the sentences on those who already received probation.
10 Investigates found sexual predators who avoided the sex offender registry with plea deals. That means parents don't know where they live. You can see their names and pictures at the link below.
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2015/05/13/columbus-ohio-lawmaker-starts-sex-offender-prison-push-after-10-investigates-story.html
Lawmaker Starts Sex Offender Prison Push After 10 Investigates Story
By Nathan Baca
Wednesday May 13, 2015 6:37 PM
UPDATED: Wednesday May 13, 2015 6:38 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A state lawmaker wants to change state law on sex offenders after 10 Investigates exposed a legal loophole.
House Bill 208 introduced Wednesday would create mandatory prison sentences for more online sexual predators.
10 Investigates uncovered multiple cases of criminals going online and trying to meet teens for sex. The crime is called importuning. Some of them ended up caught by undercover Sheriff’s detectives.
In its series “Online And Off The Hook,” 10 Investigates looked at every Franklin County importuning case since 2010.
There were 107. Only 19 were sent to prison and 70 got probation and sent back on our streets.
The numbers uncovered by 10 Investigates upset the lawmaker who wrote a 2008 law he believed mandated prison sentences.
"We've got to improve this law. We've got to fix this loophole that apparently the judiciary is letting some folks through without any prison time," Rep. Tim Schaffer, Republican from Lancaster.
10 Investigates found the cause for so many online sexual predators were receiving probation. Prison overcrowding was one concern. But some judges questioned detectives posing as teens online.
"Some might say, we have a victimless crime,” Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Richard Sheward said.
If passed into law, the new prison sentences would work like this. If a person tries to solicit someone between the ages of 13 and 16, or an undercover police officer, they would be guaranteed six months in prison.
If they offend again, that prison sentence goes up to 18 months. If that same person is approaching someone they believe is 12 or younger, they could spend as much as three years in prison.
If House Bill 208 passes any new law on online sexual predators would not change the sentences on those who already received probation.
10 Investigates found sexual predators who avoided the sex offender registry with plea deals. That means parents don't know where they live. You can see their names and pictures at the link below.
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