re: OSU baseball and Luke Heimlich

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Heimlich has absolutely convinced his teammates he is innocent.

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That never happened

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When he was cited in April for missing an annual update, it put the case in Oregon court records for the first time.

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Turns out, his admission was a court plea, and he actually maintains his innocence

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Heimlich acknowledged guilt in his own handwriting.

"I admit that I had sexual contact" with the girl, Heimlich wrote.

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“This provider is in no position to make a judgment on the subject of Luke’s guilt or innocence,” the therapist wrote. “He pled guilty in court and was sentenced for that crime. He was given several opportunities throughout his treatment to admit to the crime, but he did not do so. He did, on multiple occasions, show tremendous guilt and responsibility for the impact this has had on his family. He expressed how, even though he knows he shouldn’t feel responsible, he cannot help but feel responsible for how his parents and siblings are being affected.

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I know. Knowing I would have to do that would not be ok with me if I was innocent.

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Heimlich has absolutely convinced his teammates he is innocent. 

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As Mizzou pointed out earlier, I am fairly certain that turned out to be incorrect, and Heimlich did not actually miss any mandatory updates

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Worth noting that Heimlich was apparently ignorant of Oregon law that required sex offenders to register in person within 10 days of their 21st birthday. He was cited for this. That's on him. If you're a registered sex offender, you'd better make it your business to know the law. Anyone blaming the law enforcement officer who caught the failure to re-register? Stop now. That officer is trying to protect the public.

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In Oregon, a juvenile sex offender from out of state is not required to register again on his 21st birthday. Were Heimlich a resident of Oregon or convicted in Oregon, he would have had to. As a Washington resident attending college in Oregon, that part of the law did not apply to him. At least that was the way Heimlich's Corvallis attorney, Stephen Ensor, saw it.

"That was my legal opinion, based on the statute concerning sex offender registration requirements," Ensor says.

It reads in part: "When a person ... resides in another state and is not otherwise required to report as a sex offender under this section ... the person shall report, in person, to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sheriff's office, in the county in which the person attends school or works, no later than 10 days after the first day of school attendance or the 14th day of employment in this state."

There was no mention of any subsequent requirements.

When Corvallis police included Heimlich in a sweep of sex offenders who had not registered, they didn't realize he wasn't required to under Oregon law. Ensor, took that to the district attorney, who agreed to dismiss the case.

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