Ohio bill would upgrade corpse-abuse law

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BUTLER CO. -- In response to a Hamilton County indictment accusing a former morgue worker of having sex with a corpse, a Butler County lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would increase the punishment for abuse of a corpse.

State Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Hamilton, wants legislation to increase the crime from a fifth-degree felony, which carries a maximum prison sentence of one year, to a third-degree felony that would carry a maximum prison sentence of five years.

The bill is in the process of being drafted. On Monday, a Hamilton County grand jury indicted Kenneth Douglas, 55, of Westwood, for gross abuse of a corpse.

Douglas is accused of having sex with the body of Karen Range, a 19-year-old murder victim, in 1982 when he was a morgue attendant.

Odd. Why wait more than twenty years to create the law? :shrug:

[Parche]

1. They Should Have Stiff Sentences For These Creeps

:woohoo: :woohoo: :hi::hide:

[Turbineguy]

2. Maybe they think there will be

a lot of corpses?:shrug:

Wing Nut may be planning on shooting more people to show how patriotic they are.

[tanyev]

3. Because the creepiness of having sex with a corpse just isn't deterrent enough.

Ew.