Julie Carr Smyth

August 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We understand the First Amendment and the right to free speech, but harassing poll workers and harassing election officials, intimidating their families, it's just wearing down on people and causing good people to leave their jobs," said Tonya Wichman, a Republican who is the election director in Defiance County, Ohio. "It's been unsettling across the country."

By Julie Carr Smyth | The Associated Press

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January 21, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A suburban Cincinnati abortion clinic said Tuesday it will remain legally open as it appeals the first state closure order issued under newly imposed restrictions on such facilities.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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January 07, 2010 | Daily Report Online

LUCASVILLE, Ohio AP - Ohio has executed a man who shot and killed a Toledo shopkeeper during a 1993 robbery, successfully using its new single-drug lethal injection method for the second time.Thirty-seven-year-old Vernon Smith was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. from a single dose of sodium thiopental at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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October 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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October 16, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a 2004 law imposing stricter rules on those suing for asbestos-related injuries can be applied to cases pending before the legislation was passed, a move that could frustrate thousands of people seeking claims.The 6-1 decision Wednesday means that many of the 40,000 Ohio cases filed before the law was enacted are likely to be dismissed.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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October 04, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Ohio prison officials said Friday they are keeping their primary lethal injection drug in place despite the state's supply expiring, but they've added a second drug option for executioners to address the shortage.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Julie Carr Smyth

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October 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a 2004 law imposing stricter rules on those suing for asbestos-related injuries can be applied to cases pending before the legislation was passed, a move that could frustrate thousands of people seeking claims. The 5-to-2 decision means that many of the 40,000 Ohio cases filed before the law was enacted are likely to be dismissed. It also has potential ramifications in Florida, Georgia, Kansas and other states that have sought to use such laws to reduce litigation.

By Julie Carr Smyth

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May 14, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.Attorney General Marc Dann, a Democrat elected in 2006 on an anti-corruption platform, said at a news conference that he had to resign to preserve the ability of the office to carry out the priorities he established.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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March 18, 2010 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - The Ohio Supreme Court has delivered a setback to efforts by state lawmakers to apply the tough new sex offender notification requirements laid out in the federal Adam Walsh Act.Lawmakers had intended for communities to be notified every time a sex offender in the most severe category began living, working or going to school in their neighborhoods.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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January 08, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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