OH: Committee recommends eliminating residency restrictions for sex offenders

A proposed change to Ohio’s Criminal Code could eliminate residency restrictions for sex offenders. The Criminal Justice Recodification Committee has finished reviewing Ohio’s extensive criminal code after two years. However, not everyone agrees with some of its recommendations. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) opposes this specific recommended change, saying it’s meant to keep children safe. Right now, sex offenders

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Does being Sexually Abused Justify a Vendetta against anyone who commits a sex crime

Weekly Update 2017-08-16 Dear Members and Advocates, This week’s update covers an extremely sensitive topic. Now we know what you must be thinking… sex offender issues are always “sensitive topics”, but this topic is extra sensitive. This week we will be discussing Senator Lauren Book. For those who don’t know, Lauren Book is the daughter of lobbyist Ron Book. As

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State Sen. Lauren Book seeks restraining order to silence protester

As Broward State Sen. Lauren Book prepares for her annual walk to raise awareness about child sex abuse, she wants to make sure one of her harshest critics is nowhere near her. On July 26, Sen. Book filed a petition in Broward Circuit Court seeking a restraining order against Derek Logue, a 40-year-old Ohio man convicted of sexually assaulting an

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Hale homicide victim was a convicted sex offender

It’s pretty sad and disgusting that this story begins by saying, “Before being killed and buried in his backyard in rural Michigan, a 72-year-old man served time for sexually assaulting a minor. The Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry states Roger L. Knickerbocker II in July 2000 was convicted of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim 13

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