Calling Ohio State Abuser Strauss a ‘monster,’ Dewine Wants Sex Crime Laws Strengthened

By Randy Ludlow
Columbus Dispatch
May 20, 2019

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190520/calling-ohio-state-abuser-strauss-monster-dewine-wants-sex-crime-laws-strengthened

Citing the Ohio State University sex abuse scandal, Gov. Mike DeWine is calling for eliminating or lengthening statutes of limitations on sex crimes while ordering a new assessment of a decades-old, still-secret state investigation of physician-turned-predator Richard Strauss.

Twice calling the deceased Ohio State doctor a “monster,” DeWine urged lawmakers Monday to eliminate the statute of limitations for rape to allow criminal charges to be filed beyond the current deadline of 20 to 25 years, depending on the circumstances.

DeWine also wants to increase the allowable periods for filing charges for other sexual crimes and to increase the statute of limitations for filing civil lawsuits against state institutions and other organizations beyond the current one- to two-year window if a victim is assaulted while age 18 or older.