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Ohio Supreme Court weighs new trial for local man after 30 years on death row
The man was granted a new trial in December 2022 after a Hamilton County judge ruled that prosecutors had withheld evidence ...
Ohio Supreme Court holds hearing in Elwood Jones case
Elwood Jones was behind bars for almost 30 years after being convicted of the 1994 murder of Rhoda Nathan at the Embassy ...
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Ohio death penalty may be reintroduced at Statehouse
“We should have advanced as a society to believe and be better than the worst criminals that we have sitting on death row right now.” Ohio lawmakers tackling higher education with new bill ...
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Ohio death penalty may be reintroduced at Statehouse
Ohio has more than 100 inmates on death row, but DeWine cites a difficulty getting the appropriate drugs as his reason for halting executions. He did not have any new comment on the topic on Thursday.
Pay, security, staffing: Ohio prison issues under spotlight after officer's death
According to ODRC data, RCI had 736 use-of-force incidents between inmates and staff in 2023. It was the highest number in ...
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Ohio lawmakers make new play to end the death penalty: Ban state-funded abortions, too
"To be consistent with our pro-life principles, we must oppose all three." Ohio hasn't executed anyone on death row since 2018 due to a lack of access to lethal injection drugs. DeWine co ...
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2024 was not a good year for death row inmates seeking mercy
On Dec. 19, Kevin Ray Underwood became the last person executed in 2024. Oklahoma put him to death for the 2006 murder of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Rolin. Six days earlier, the Oklahoma Pardon and ...