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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Legislator proposes tougher penalties for sexually violent predators - life in prison without parole. |
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By Karen Kasler - July 11, 2005 |
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Recent high-profile child murder cases involving sexual predators has another state lawmaker proposing "cracking down" on previous offenders who commit crimes against children. Rep. Courtney Combs, a Republican from Hamilton near Cincinnati, will announce on Tuesday a bill he plans to introduce - to require a life sentence for any convicted "sexually violent predator". That's a specific designation given to someone who kills, assaults or kidnaps another with a sexual motivation. Combs told Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler that his proposal doesn't include more treatment options for sexually violent predators - just more prison time. Right now, state law allows sexually violent predators to be sentenced to 25 years to life with the possibility of parole. Combs says he's confident the bill is constitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union had no comment on Combs' proposal. Other recent proposals involving sexual predators include requiring them to live more than a thousand feet away from a preschool and to buy special license plates. |
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Rep. Courtney Combs (R-Hamilton) and Karen Kasler (1:05) 
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