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3 hrs ago | Sentencing Law and Policy

Will litigation over Ohio's new one-drug lethal injection protocol move fast or slow?

As detailed in this prior post , just before Thanksgiving aSixth Circuit panel removed a stay blocking Ohio'sscheduled December 8 execution of Kenneth Biros.

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Related Topix: US News

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Salon.com

Ohio inmate seeks hearing over execution method

An Ohio inmate fighting the state's new execution procedure is asking a federal court to intervene.

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Related Topix: US News

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Jurist

Federal appeals court rules Ohio executions can resume

The appeals court held Wednesday that the change to the execution procedure in Ohio removed the legal question from the case: [T]he district court's stay order must be vacated because any challenge to Ohio's three drug execution protocol is now moot.

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Related Topix: Prison

Port Clinton News Herald

Court reinstates rape conviction for man

PORT CLINTON -- An appeals court reinstated a rape conviction against an Erie Township man who originally faced 50 sex charges but eventually was sentenced on a single count in January.

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Related Topix: Port Clinton, OH, US News

Thu Nov 26, 2009

WBIR-TV Knoxville

Files for professor-turned-convict reveal no hint of legal troubles

As professor-turned-convict Pamela Holder prepares to appeal her yearlong prison sentence, a review of her university personnel files revealed no evidence of her legal troubles.

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Related Topix: Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University, US News

Columbus Dispatch

Way cleared for man's execution by new method

Kenneth Biros, who could become the first person in the United States put to death using an untested lethal-injection method, should not be subjected to state "experimentation," his attorney says.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ohio

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Federal court allows Dec. 8 execution in Ohio

A federal court has ruled that an execution set for Dec. 8 can go forward due to a change in Ohio's execution policies.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

WSYX

Associated Press Writer

An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal injection plan is so untested that it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Detroit News

Top legal leader needs to restore trust in justice

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the trial of 9/11 terrorist suspects in civil court is a way to show the world the superiority of the American justice system.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Legal Reader

Ha Ha! Mortgage holder can't foreclose due to sloppy paperwork

Yes, that "Ha Ha!" was done in a Nelson voice from The Simpsons. The ruling concerned a mortgage held by debtor Mathew Giroux, who filed a voluntary Chapter 7 case in bankruptcy court in Massachusetts on June 27, 2008.

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Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Economics News, Bankruptcy, US News

Fri Nov 20, 2009

WTOL-TV Toledo

Federal court seeks info in Ohio injection case

A federal appeals court is pushing a condemned killer to say why his lawsuit opposing lethal injection in Ohio shouldn't be dismissed.

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Related Topix: Ohio, US News

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Indian Hill Journal

Free speech or government speech?

A dispute over who gets to stage events and rallies at Cincinnati City Hall is now in the hands of a federal appeals court.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Volokh Conspiracy

a oeIt Is a Bad Idea . . . to Leave the Judge with a Smoldering Suspicion . . .a

On Friday, in Johnson v. Sherry , a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated the district court's denial of William Johnson's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and remanded the case for additional proceedings to determine whether Johnson received inadequate assistance of counsel.A In his habeas petition, Johnson ...

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Related Topix: US News

Toledo Blade

Ohio justices discuss disability of juror

In a case watched closely by advocacy groups for the disabled, the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday pondered whether a juror can be disqualified from a case because of a hearing impairment.

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Related Topix: Fairlawn, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Toledo, OH, US News

WLNS-TV Lansing

Court hears arguments Mich. affirmative action ban

Opponents of Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring told a federal appeals court that the law strips minorities of their constitutional rights.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, US News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Plain Dealer

Former death row inmate Joe D'Ambrosio inches closer to freedom

Former death row inmate Joe D'Ambrosio is moving closer to becoming a free man. U.S. District Judge Kate O'Malley ruled Tuesday that she will bar D'Ambrosio's re-prosecution if an appeals court gives her the go-ahead. D'Ambrosio had asked the judge to reconsider her April 27 decision that said he could be tried again in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Cuyahoga County, OH, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News

National Law Journal

Yemeni brothers get second chance to stay from 6th Circuit

A tale of forbidden love in Yemen has spun its way through the American courts, where two Yemeni brothers fearing persecution back home have convinced a federal appellate court to let them stay in the United States.

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Related Topix: US News, Immigration Reform, Wedding, The General, Country

Marion Star

Court to consider Mich. affirmative action ban

Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring will be put to the test in a federal appeals court three years after voters had their say.

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Related Topix: US News, Telecom, Cincinnati Bell, Activism, US Supreme Court

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Battle Creek Enquirer

Court to consider Mich. affirmative action ban

A federal appeals court is set to consider a lawsuit challenging Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, US News

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

Circuit Court to review report on Fayette special ed students

Questions raised earlier this year over the Fayette County Public Schools' programs for students with emotional and learning disabilities have now morphed into a Fayette Circuit Court case.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Lexington, KY, US News

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