Because on March 23, 2000, Ohio's legislature passed S.B. 13, which in a nutshell says that any offense of violence that was a misdemeanor of the first degree is not subject to expungement. Most of the listed offenses covered in that law are those with a very high rate of reoffending (including traffic crimes, sexual predation on minors, and domestic violence). Particularly for domestic violence cases, in the interests of protecting victims of domestic violence, the state wants to preserve the record for the purpose of enhancing a future a domestic violence offense (because subsequent offenses carry higher charges and penalties). In other words, the state wants to be able to really throw the book at those who commit these offenses again, so they want the FIRST time offense to count.
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Domestic Violence ORC Code: 2919.25
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