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The Supreme Court of Ohio has signaled its intent to further address some issues dealing with failure to register under Ohio’s version of Megan’s Law and the Adam Walsh Act.
In 1994, when a convicted New Jersey sex offender raped and killed a neighbor’s child, New Jersey passed “Megan’s Law,” which required sex offenders to…
Update: On October 30, 2012 the Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On December 6, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In re J.V., 2011-0107. The issue in this case is whether…
Update: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in U.S. v. Jones on January 23. Read the analysis of that decision here.
Both the Ohio Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court are considering the same issue—is the warrantless placement of a GPS on a car and the resulting constant surveillance constitutional. Read the posts…
Update: On June 14, 2012, the Court handed down a merit decision in this case, affirming the re-imposition of the death penalty.
On November 16, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v. White, 2009-1661. The constitutional issue in the case involves the retroactive application of Ohio’s resentencing…
Further Update: On July 25, 2012, the Court, by a vote of 6-1, granted reconsideration in this case. On October 11, 2012, the Court issued its new merit decision, reversing the earlier one. Read the analysis of Acordia II here.
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down May 24, 2012. Read the…
It all began January 18, 2011 at Justice Paul Pfeifer’s swearing-in ceremony for his current (and now last) term. In his remarks, which he stated might make everyone in the room uncomfortable, he talked about Ohio’s death penalty. He said that he had concluded “that it is exceedingly difficult for this statute to be administered…
Update: On June 14, 2012, the Court handed down a merit decision in this case, affirming the re-imposition of the death penalty.
On November 16, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral arguments in the case of State v. White, 2009-1661. The issue in this case is whether retroactive application of Ohio’s resentencing…
State Issue One, the legislatively-referred proposal to amend the Ohio Constitution to raise the age at which a judge could run for or be appointed to a judicial office from 70 to 75 was overwhelmingly defeated, despite the strong endorsement from Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor and most of the state’s newspapers.
Curiously, the measure was…
