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Braden’s Law: How Ohio is strengthening punishments for sextortion
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Ohio criminalizes sextortion after death of Olentangy High School student
The law signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine makes makes sexual extortion a third-degree felony, with harsher penalties ...
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DeWine signs bill to make sextortion a felony, honoring Olentangy teen who died by suicide
making sextortion a felony in the state of Ohio. House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to Olentangy High School. He was the victim of a financial sextortion scam ...
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Braden's Law makes sextortion a felony in Ohio and requires quicker access to social media evidence for parents of young victims: Legally Speaking
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Legal analysis ... Braden's Law is named after Braden Markus, a Columbus high school student who was just 15 years old when he took his own life after falling victim to a ...
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Ohio Gov. DeWine signs bill to make sextortion cases felonies in the state
It’s called “Braden’s Law,” and was created ... than 30 minutes after the conversation began. Markus’ family worked with several Ohio lawmakers to make sexual extortion a felony ...
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Ohio criminalizes sextortion after death of Olentangy High School student
Rep. Beth Lear, R-Galena, embraces Jennifer Markus before Gov. Mike DeWine signs Braden's Law at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday. Sextortion schemes that often target minors and caused the death ...
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Ohio criminalizes sextortion after death of Olentangy High School student
Ohio lawmakers passed the bill last month ... "I'm hoping that there's a deterrent," Braden's mother, Jennifer Markus, told the Columbus Dispatch last month. "Knowing that this law is there ...