Comments on: Springfield Township man claims Ohio’s sex offender parole law won’t allow visits with son

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:47:21 +0000

In reply to Iservedmytym. Don't expect any of these two-bit lawmakers to do anything that makes sense. They are the problem; not the solution.

By: Iservedmytym

Iservedmytym — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:33:57 +0000

There is absolutely no reason he shouldn’t be allowed to go home. Instead the state would rather him be destitute (unemployable) depressed from a possible divorce and seperation from his son making him more likely to commit other crimes Make his son father less ( we all know what stats say when that. happens) putting his son in the system and making him a dead beat dad. So how is this helping the community again ?

By: Still Hopeful...in Fl.

Still Hopeful...in Fl. — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 01:06:47 +0000

What a shame, this type of punishment continuing to treat us as criminals after we’ve spent our time is what is criminal. I realize this man is on parole but it still makes no sense and is not helping protect his community in any way. Apparently Florida is not the only harsh state.

Thank you F.A.C for keeping us informed.

By: Phys Ed

Phys Ed — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 22:45:10 +0000

My situation in Illinois almost exactly mirrors the one this man faces in Ohio. This is an outrageous imposition. MURDERERS AND BANK ROBBERS are not harrassed in this manner after release. How is the man paying for his lawsuit? Lawyers don’t work for free and you’d have to get to the appeals court before-possibly-getting representation appointed in case of a denial in the district court. This “Doe” apparently is having financial difficulty to begin with because of his whole situation.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:28:06 +0000

I’m glad to see someone fighting for their rights. This is certainly a case to watch.

By: Sandy Rozek

Sandy Rozek — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:02:48 +0000

This is preposterous. His having such restrictions is preposterous. His behavior was illegal only because she was a student in the school where he taught. Consensual behavior between two adults should never rise to the level of requiring this sort of punishment.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:58:31 +0000

That is crazy. Probation officers w God complex. But it’s these kinds of crazy people that overreach that help get the laws ironed out. Not that it will help him now, when he needs it, but hopefully it will help the next guy.

By: Bend Over - Florida Owns Your Ass For Life!

Bend Over - Florida Owns Your Ass For Life! — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:50:04 +0000

This is a perfect example of cruel and unusual punishment. It is a violation of a very human right. This individual is clearly NOT a threat to his son unless he were to turn into an 18 year old female and still not much…the guy had sex with an consenting adult female after all!

Absurd as all this and all these restrictions/punishments are they are nothing more than public shamming to vividly illustrate and act as a lesson to others that the government owns you and that there is no actual freedom in the USA if the government decides to take yours away.

Learn this lesson or you too will join this list of American untouchables and become a second class citizen loathed, shunned, and hated!

By: Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:28:31 +0000

It is horrible how the parole department has almost total control over the lives of parolees. My friend had an excellent job offer at a tattoo parlor, but his PO nixed it because there MIGHT be drug users who use the services there. Others couldn’t live with family members because grandchildren MIGHT visit there, I was also friends with two school teachers in a Michigan prison. How do you justify a law that criminalizes consensual sex between adults. The 18-year-old in the Ohio case could have sex with almost every other adult in her state, including police officers and judges who also hold positions of authority. In Michigan, the law is written so strangely that, for example, if there were twin brothers living in Bay City, and one had a teaching job in that school district, and the other taught in the Saginaw school district, they would both be free to date and have sex with legal age girls in the other district, but not in the district where they actually teach. There is also an exemption if the teacher is married to the student, even if that student happens to be an emancipated adult. I encouraged my friends to follow through with appeals on constitutional grounds that the law also violates the right to consent of the students themselves. The age of consent in Michigan is 16, so there are a lot of high school students who can legally consent to sex. The law doesn’t apply to colleges and universities either, even though there are students there under age 18. I’m sure in the OHIO case the public now labels him a child molester, even though his so-called victim was an adult. I would bet that the young woman involved is angry at the system as well.

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:20:05 +0000

Unbelievable situation and these probation officers actually think they are serving the public good. In the conduct of their jobs most do more damage than any sex offender could conceive of. This is what happens when we put our faith in man and his government.