A divided Ohio Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that made it illegal for police officers to have sex with minors.
The court ruled 4-3 Thursday that the law arbitrarily added police to a ban on professionals having sex with minors that includes people with authority over children.
It's already illegal in Ohio for people 18 and older to have sex with people under 16.
Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor says the government can't punish a class of professionals like police without making a connection between their job and the crime.
Dissenting Justice Sharon Kennedy says prohibiting police from having sex with minors serves a legitimate state purpose.
http://www.wcnc.com/mb/news/crime/court-rejects-ohio-law-that-bans-police-from-sex-with-minors/284104490
Useless law that does nothing. The thing is already illegal.
>>63451
>he thinks age of consent is 18 everywhere
What exactly sparked this bill into existence? Did police officers previously have some kind of loophole through which they could legally fuck minors?
Was there a scandal involving police somehow legally pounding underage people?
I don't understand what "legitimate state purpose" this law could serve. It seems redundant at best.
>>63452
It already says 18yr old can't fuck a 16yr old
The vast, overwhelming, grand and general population of officers are over 18. That means that children are already protected from sexual acts from officers. Plus, if an officer has sex with a 17yr old from an investigation, that's also illegal and will lead to an officer being discharged
Use your noggin
>>63459
However this means that pigs can go about with sting ops and other "legitimate" pig business without facing a special enhancement, so its less bad than say teachers or counselors. Pigs protecting pigs whee.
Are there (m)any 17 year old cops?
>>63448
Election year? Sounds like an outrage bill.
Are you all retarded? The age of consent is 16 in Ohio, 18+ can have sex with a person 16 and older. Use your critical reading skills...
>>63516
The age of consent means people of the same age can have sex. The law in Ohio is people 18+ cannot have sex with people under 18, you fucking moron.
>>63532
Ohio, like many states, has a Romeo and Juliet exemption for age differences of up to 4 years. So a 16-yr-old can have sex with a 19-yr-old.
>>63490
None. All states require you to be 18, some higher.
>>63474
>Pigs
Hello liberal scum, yet again we disregard your opinion because you post baitworthy nonsense.