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Court
Strikes
Down
Cincinnati
Ban
1/28/00
Jane Tseng, [email protected]
Last Thursday (1/20/00),
US District Court Judge Susan Dlott struck down a Cincinnati law that banned
people accused or convicted of drug-related offenses from a downtown neighborhood.
In her decision, Dlott said the law violates constitutional rights to freedom
of association, freedom of movement, and freedom from double jeopardy.
Cincinnati Municipal Code Chapter 755, passed by the Cincinnati City Council
in June 1996, banned those arrested for drug-related offenses from traveling
through public streets and sidewalks in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood
for 90 days following the arrest. Upon conviction, the ban extended
to a full year. People caught violating the ban were subject to immediate
arrest for criminal trespass, an offense that carried a maximum fine of
$250 and 90 days in jail.
The case stemmed from a federal
lawsuit filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation lawyers
on behalf of two Cincinnati residents subjected to the ban in June, 1998.
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Issue #123, 1/28/00
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