Calendar Senate Bill 288: Implications for the Criminal Justice System in Ohio

Senate Bill 288: Implications for the Criminal Justice System in Ohio

Date
Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023
Time
Noon - 2:45 p.m.
Location
Zoom
Contact Holly Griffin
Event Audience
Drug Enforcement and Policy Center

Over the last decade, the Ohio General Assembly has expanded the eligibility criteria for record sealing on several occasions. The passage of the criminal justice omnibus Senate Bill 288, signed into law by Governor DeWine in January 2023, continues this trend by further expanding eligibility and, for the first time ever, allowing for prosecutor-initiated record sealing on behalf of individuals with certain types of offenses. Other long-fought-for reforms in SB 288 include, but are not limited to, expansion of expungement provisions, increasing the maximum amount of earned credit for persons in prison, and a host of other provisions modifying crimes and corrections law in Ohio.

On April 12, the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center hosted a multi-panel event on Ohio Senate Bill 288 that brought together criminal justice experts and advocates for a discussion of some of the key provisions of SB288 and their likely impact as well as the opportunities and challenges of government-initiated record sealing, and its likely adoption by Ohio prosecutors.

 

Panels and Speakers


Panel 1: Understanding SB288: Key Provisions and Likely Impacts

noon - 1:10 p.m.

  • Louis Tobin, Executive Director, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association
  • Senator Nathan Manning, Ohio 13th Senate District
  • Alex Jones, Criminal Justice Counsel, Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission
  • Jocelyn Rosnick, Policy Director, ACLU of Ohio
  • Kevin Werner, Policy Director, Ohio Justice & Policy Center

  • Douglas A. Berman, Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law; Executive Director of the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (moderator)

Watch a recording of panel 1

Panel 2: Prosecutor Initiated Record Sealing

1:15 - 2:30 p.m. 

  • Mark Griffin, Law Director, City of Cleveland
  • Tori Edwards, Legal Department Staff Attorney, Franklin County Municipal Court
  • Pam Lattimore, Senior Director for Research Development, Division for Applied Justice Research,  RTI International
  • Sara Andrews, Executive Director, Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission (moderator)
Watch a recording of panel 2
Date Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023
Time Noon - 2:45 p.m.
Location
Zoom
Contact Holly Griffin
Event Audience
Drug Enforcement and Policy Center