Andrew Welsh Huggins

February 08, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday added another wrinkle to Ohio's debate over how strictly the state's lethal injection procedures should be followed.The court without comment refused to allow the execution of a condemned killer of an elderly couple to proceed, an execution delayed by federal courts over concerns that the state continues to deviate too often from its written rules for lethal injection.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

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May 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - Three film studios have sued four Ohio residents to stop them from illegally sharing movies online, part of a string of similar lawsuits filed around the country in recent years.The Ohio residents have distributed the films "Hitch," ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Good Night and Good Luck," among others, according to the lawsuits filed Thursday in U.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

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November 03, 2011 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - The retired judge chairing the first-ever review of Ohio's 30-year-old death penalty law says he is concerned whether the state's law is being properly applied.James Brogan also says he's concerned about the discretion state prosecutors have in deciding whether to pursue a death sentence at all.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

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December 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - A federal judge on Monday denied an emergency delay in the execution of an Ohio inmate scheduled to become the first person in the U.S put to death with a single drug.In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost in Columbus said Ohio's execution system still has flaws that "raise profound concerns and present unnecessary risks.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

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March 19, 2009 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a man accused of fatally shooting his identical twin brother after a juror suffered a death in the family.Judge Guy Reece of Franklin County Common Pleas Court dismissed the jury at the request of attorneys for defendant Derris Lewis. Prosecutors did not object.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

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March 17, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP Before Lance Poulsen can fight charges that he was the mastermind behind a $1.9 billion fraud scheme, the former CEO of National Century Financial must first deal with allegations that he proposed paying a government witness $500,000 to lie on the stand.The federal witness tampering trial of the former owner of National Century, a health care financing company, was scheduled to begin Monday.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

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November 07, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge on Wednesday angrily demanded that attorneys for Ohio's elections chief name the author of an election-eve order that placed the responsibility of explaining what kind of identification voters use on provisional ballots on the voters themselves.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

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November 19, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

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October 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - A federal jury on Friday convicted the former CEO of a failed health-care financing company in a $1.9 billion fraud case that prosecutors likened to the Enron or WorldCom scandals.Lance Poulsen, 65, founder of National Century Financial Enterprises, was accused of fabricating data, moving money between accounts to hide shortfalls and misleading investors who funded his business model.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

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July 31, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

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