March 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Ohio fails to decertify all convicted officersCOLUMBUS, Ohio AP - Bobby Cutts Jr. was notorious in the law enforcement community because of his crime: While still a police officer, he killed his lover and their unborn child.Stripping him of his police powers should have been routine. But the state didn't begin the process until The Associated Press asked about his status.
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October 01, 2008 | National Law Journal
Trial to begin for Ohio exec in $1.9B fraud caseBy Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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February 15, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Ohio justice rejects death penalty law he wroteBy Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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August 06, 2008 | Daily Report Online
Ohio exec gets 15 years in prison for $1.9B fraudCOLUMBUS, Ohio AP - A former executive at a health care finance company was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for his role in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case that federal prosecutors compared to the Enron or WorldCom scandals.The prison term for Donald Ayers, a former chief operating officer with National Century Financial Enterprises, was appropriate given the nature and extent of the fraud, U.
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March 15, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Teen eyewitnesses testify at Steubenville rape trialA judge granted two teenagers immunity from prosecution Friday before they agreed to testify about the alleged sexual assault of a drunken 16-year-old girl after a party in eastern Ohio last summer.
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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October 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Courts examine Ohio's lethal-injection proceduresBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
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April 04, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Ohio execution can proceed, federal judge rulesCOLUMBUS, Ohio AP - Ohio's first execution in six months can proceed, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state had narrowly demonstrated it was serious about following its own lethal injection procedures.The decision by U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost ends an unofficial moratorium dating to November, when members of the Ohio execution team deviated from the official injection procedures when putting a Cleveland man to death.
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December 27, 2012 | Daily Report Online
New laws address gays, children, immigrationMeasures on gay rights and child safety are among the top state laws taking effect at the start of 2013, along with attempts to prevent identity theft and perennial efforts to restrict abortion and illegal immigration.
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December 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Ohio killer asks judge to stop 2nd execution tryCOLUMBUS, Ohio AP - A day after Ohio became the first state in the country to use a single drug in a lethal injection, the condemned killer whose botched September execution prompted the change from a three-drug method returns to court to argue that another try to put him to death would be unconstitutional.A federal judge was to hear arguments beginning Wednesday on whether the state, having bungled inmate Romell Broom's execution Sept.
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September 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Ohio inmate 'traumatized' after failed executionCOLUMBUS, Ohio AP - The lawyer for an inmate whose execution was halted after an unprecedented two hours said trying to put him to death again in a week could be a disaster.Romell Broom is still recovering from Tuesday's prolonged execution attempt and is physically and emotionally traumatized, his attorney, Adele Shank, said Wednesday.
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