Thursday, February 04, 1999
Prosecutor to appeal ruling striking down 'Megan's Law'
The Associated Press
The Ohio Supreme Court may look more favorably on the state's sexual predator law than a divided appeals court that struck it down as unconstitutional, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
The law requires some convicted sex offenders to report their whereabouts to local police. The 11th Ohio District Court of Appeals in Warren ruled it was a violation of privacy rights.
The law, known as Megan's Law, was patterned on a New Jersey law enacted after 7-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender living in her neighborhood.
Lake County Prosecutor Charles E. Coulson, whose office defended the law before the appeals court, said the Supreme Court's 7-0 ruling Sept. 30 to uphold the retroactive provisions of the law was a hopeful sign.
“I feel confident that the Ohio Supreme Court is going to view the law, at least part of the law, as constitutional,” Mr. Coulson said.
Lake County Public Defender R. Paul LaPlante, who challenged the law before the appeals court, said the 7-0 high court vote might be a difficult barrier to overcome.
“That may well be accurate as a harbinger of what's going to happen,” he said.
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