Zap! You Are a Sex Criminal

Here’s an evil bit of law evidently invented by Ohio Roman Catholics as a way of easing their legal burdens.

An Ohio legislative panel yesterday rubber-stamped an unprecedented process that would allow sex offenders to be publicly identified and tracked even if they’ve never been charged with a crime.

Did someone really piss you off? Would you like revenge? How about:

A recently enacted law allows county prosecutors, the state attorney general, or, as a last resort, alleged victims to ask judges to civilly declare someone to be a sex offender even when there has been no criminal verdict or successful lawsuit.

Once magically transformed into a sex criminal your name, address and photo will be placed online. And you’ll be subject to the same registration and living requirements as a convicted pedophile.

Ohio panel backs registry proposal