Ruling Changes Registration Requirements For Sex Offenders

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that sex offenders who completed their sentences before a sex offender registration law took effect in 1997 do not have to register with law enforcement anymore.

The court ruled that sex offender registration law cannot be retroactive, 10TV News reported.

Before Tuesday’s ruling, all sex offenders had to notify with county sheriffs every 90 days about where they were living.

“So, the good news is since 1997, anyone who’s been convicted of a sex offense will be required to properly register, and the community will be notified,” Franklin County
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said.

O’Brien said that there would be a number of sex offenders who people would no longer be able to track because the offenders completed their jail time before the enactment of Megan’s Law in 1997 and Ohio’s Adam Walsh Act that replaced it in 2007.

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