Recent Posts in SORN - Sexual Registration Category
Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Brad Koffel
We are a nation of criminals. We lock up more of our own citizens than any other country in the world except China. A recent study in Pediatrics reports that 1/3 of our kids will be arrested before ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2011 By Brad Koffel
"Mike" came to our offices after learning he was being investigated for possession of child pornography. Under Ohio law, this crime is called Pandering Obscenity Involving a Minor, a fourth ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Rick Mahan, Investigator
If you were to poll 100 people on the street and ask them to describe a person who possesses child pornography, the majority will begin by saying "creepy old guys who drive non-descript white ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2011 By Will Nesbitt
Sex Offender Registration Pitfall "Charlie" came into our offices on a Monday morning. He had just returned from a five-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. The trip took a total of nine days, ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Brad Koffel
What is "consent" between two college kids about to engage in sexual activity? Well, in criminal law, at least for now, "consent" may be manifested in any way that it actually ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Brad Koffel
In case you haven't noticed, here is what is happening in the land of expanded sexual registration. What started out as a well-intentioned idea to track sexual predators in the 1990's is ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
Ohio law prohibits " sexual contact " with another when: The offender knows that the sexual contact is offensive to the other person . . .or is reckless in that regard. The offender knows ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Last week, the Franklin County Court of Appeals in Columbus, Ohio issued a decision that highlights how far some prosecutors will go to get a prison term on a person who needs mental health treatment. ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel Last week I attended a two day national conference of Criminal Defense lawyers who met in Savannah, GA to hear some of the nation's leading experts on the dangers of ...
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