[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, NEV., ORE., USA

2019-10-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 3 OHIO: Ohio Governor Grants Reprieve to Prisoner Who Was Abandoned by Attorneys Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has granted a reprieve to Cleveland Jackson, delaying his execution date from November 13, 2019 to January 13, 2021, because of a misconduct complaint filed against his

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., MO., NEB., NEV.

2019-10-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 1 OHIOexecution date moved Governor delays execution of Lima murderer Convicted Lima murderer Cleveland R. Jackson’s date with Ohio’s lethal injection gurney has again been delayed, this time for more than a year. Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday cited a disciplinary complaint

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARIZ., USA

2019-09-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 24 OHIO: Ohio Governor's Lethal Injection Comments Allowed in Lawsuit A federal magistrate judge is allowing comments about the death penalty made by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to become part of a long-running lawsuit challenging Ohio's lethal injection process. Lawyers for death

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, NEV., US MIL.

2019-09-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept 15 OHIO: New twist in Ohio death penalty Vicki Williams of Lima believes Cleveland Jackson showed little regard for her daughter, Leneshia, when he killed her in 2002. As for his death sentence, the only thing she sees as being “cruel and unusual punishment” are the 17 years she’s

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., MO., OKLA., WYO., USA

2019-08-22 Thread Rick Halperin
August 22 OHIO: Ohio's Republican House speaker says he's 'less and less supportive' of the death penalty Amid concerns about finding a constitutional execution drug, Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder says he's "less and less supportive" of the death penalty. "I'm probably

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, CALIF.

2019-07-08 Thread Rick Halperin
July 8 OHIO: Man faces retrial in slaying after death penalty overturned A man accused of raping and killing a female bartender is set to face retrial after the Ohio Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence. The News-Herald in Willoughby reports jury selection

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., OKLA., UTAH, USA

2019-06-01 Thread Rick Halperin
June 1 OHIO: Death penalty ‘mental illness’ bill heads to Ohio House The Ohio House is considering a bill that would prohibit the executions of defendants if they're found to have had a "serious mental illness" at the time of the offense. The House Criminal Justice Committee

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., S.DAK., CALIF., ORE., USA

2019-05-23 Thread Rick Halperin
May 23 OHIO: Ohio should do the right thing, not execute those with mental illness As Ohio takes a break from executions while questions surrounding the lethal drugs used in the process are hashed out, it’s a good time to consider ending execution of people who have serious mental

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., NEV., CALIF., ORE., USA

2019-05-22 Thread Rick Halperin
May 22 OHIOnew death sentence Cleveland man gets death penalty in Mr. Cars double murder A judge on Tuesday imposed the death penalty on a 32-year-old man convicted of the execution-style murders of a couple during a break-in attempt at their family-owned car lot. Joseph

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., NEV., USA

2019-05-15 Thread Rick Halperin
May 15 OHIO: Parolee charged in slaying of ex-prison pen pal, friend in Parma Heights invoked ‘Dexter,’ wanted to dismember bodies, prosecutor says A prosecutor told a jury that the 44-year-old man accused of stabbing to death his former prison pen pal and her friend planned to

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., KY., COLO., CALIF., USA

2019-05-14 Thread Rick Halperin
May 14 OHIO: Joseph McAlpin, convicted of killing couple at Mr. Cars dealership, faces sentencing Joseph McAlpin, the man convicted of murdering a local couple at Mr. Cars dealership in Cleveland, will learn his fate during his sentencing hearing Monday. He faces the death penalty

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KY., MO., NEB., USA

2019-04-30 Thread Rick Halperin
April 30 OHIO: More reasons to abolish death penalty than to retain it The New Hampshire legislature just voted to abolish capital punishment. While the governor has promised to veto it, it passed with such a majority that it may be veto-proof. New Hampshire may be about to join the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., OKLA., NEB., N.NEX., WYO., CALIF, USA

2019-04-28 Thread Rick Halperin
April 28 OHIO: Trial in Parma Heights prison pen-pal killings begins with jury selection Jury selection began Friday in the trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing his former prison pen-pals in their Parma Heights home in May 2017, then leaving their bodies behind as he carried

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., COLO., CALIF., USA

2019-04-24 Thread Rick Halperin
April 24 OHIO: Judge in Cuyahoga County rules man on death row for 30 years is mentally disabled, tosses death sentence A county judge has thrown out the death sentence of a man whose been on death row since his 1988 conviction in a brutal beating death of a 74-year-old woman at a

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., MO., CALIF., USA (

2019-04-23 Thread Rick Halperin
April 23 OHIO: Judge in Cleveland sets hearing that will determine whether convicted Mr. Cars killer gets the death penalty A judge set a date for the second phase of the trial of a man who faces the death penalty after jurors convicted him of killing a couple at a Cleveland car

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., MO., S.DAK., CALIF., USA

2019-04-20 Thread Rick Halperin
April 20 OHIO: Judge delays ‘death penalty phase’ in trial of man convicted of double slaying at Cleveland car dealership The 2nd phase of the trial where a man faces the death penalty for killing a couple at a Cleveland car lot in March 2017 has been delayed. Joseph McAlpin was

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., ILL., MO., NEB., S.DAK.

2019-04-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Apirl 17 OHIO: Cleveland man guilty in Mr. Cars slayings, faces death penalty A jury on Tuesday found a Cleveland man guilty of aggravated murder in the execution-style killings of a couple and their dog inside the used car lot they owned. Joseph McAlpin will now face the death

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., CALIF., USA

2019-04-09 Thread Rick Halperin
April 9 OHIO: New lawyer named in Lebanon inmate death penalty case A new lawyer has been appointed to help defend a prison inmate facing the death penalty for strangling his cellmate in their cell at the Lebanon Correctional Institution. Last week, Judge Donald Oda II appointed

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., IOWA

2019-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 20 OHIO: Ohio attorney general chastises judge over death penalty A federal judge improperly praised Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's decision to delay an execution based on the judge's scathing critique of the state's lethal injection method, the state attorney general said. In a

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KAN., COLO, ., NEV., CALIF., USA

2019-03-19 Thread Rick Halperin
March 19 OHIO: Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart talks about the death penalty, bail bond reform, efficiency “There are some counties in this state who have never prosecuted a case with death-penalty specifications. If a heinous crime is death-penalty worthy, then it’s

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KY., IOWA, IDAHO, ARIZ., NEV., CALIF., USA

2019-03-01 Thread Rick Halperin
March 1 OHIOnew death sentence: Arron Lawson receives death penalty in Ohio quadruple murder case A 3-judge panel has handed down a death sentence for a man who was found guilty in a quadruple murder case in Lawrence County, Ohio. The judges made the ruling Thursday in the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IOWA, WYO., ARIZ., USA

2019-02-28 Thread Rick Halperin
February 28 OHIO: Realities of Death Penalty Revealed in Ohio To date, Ohio has executed 56 people since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. During that same time, 9 people have been exonerated from the state’s death row, 20 have received clemency, and 3 have been killed by

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., ARK., MONT., NEV., CALIF., WASH., USA

2019-02-21 Thread Rick Halperin
February 21 OHIO: Anti-Death Penalty Group Pleased But Still Concerned About Upcoming Executions Advocates against capital punishment say they’re pleased with comments from Gov. Mike DeWine, who says executions won’t proceed until the prisons department comes up with a new lethal

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., KY., MO., ARK., KAN.

2019-02-20 Thread Rick Halperin
February 20 OHIO: Gov. Mike DeWine freezes all Ohio executions while new method developed Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that there will be no more executions in Ohio until a new method of carrying them out can be developed and deemed constitutional by the courts. “As long as the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., COLO., ARIZ., ORE., USA, US MIL.

2019-02-12 Thread Rick Halperin
February 12 OHIO: Final jury selection delayed in start of quadruple homicide trial Final jury selection was delayed Monday in a Pedro, Ohio, quadruple homicide case being held at the Lawrence County Courthouse. Arron L. Lawson, 24, of Township Road 1051, Ironton, faces 4 counts

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2018-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
December 2 OHIO: Prosecutor Considering Pursuing Death Penalty For Man Accused In Murders Of Woman, Child A grand jury has indicted a man accused of setting fire to a suburban Cleveland home and killing a woman and her 8-year-old daughter. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KAN. COLO., WASH.

2018-11-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 20 OHIO: Pike County massacre: Lawmakers want state taxpayers to foot bill for costly death penalty cases Pike County simply can't afford to prosecute 4 death penalty cases so lawmakers and Ohio's next top cop want the state's tax money to foot the bill. Ohio's Attorney

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., MO.

2018-10-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 18 OHIO: Accused killer of Beavercreek man to be sentenced in Carolina case The man accused of killing a Beavercreek man in front of his children is scheduled to be sentenced for an unrelated case in South Carolina federal court before his potential death penalty case moves

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, OKLA., NEB., ARIZ., NEV., CALIF., USA, US MIL.

2018-09-29 Thread Rick Halperin
September 29 OHIO: Inmate Convicted in Ohio Prison Riot Fights Execution Date An inmate sentenced to die in the slayings of 5 fellow inmates during a 1993 prison riot in Ohio is fighting a prosecutor's request to set his execution date. Lawyers for 49-year-old Keith LaMar told the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN, OKLA., NEB.

2018-08-10 Thread Rick Halperin
August 10 OHIO: Cleveland man whose 2002 death sentence overturned can't have jury hear new sentencing, court rules A convicted serial rapist and killer whose 2002 death sentence was overturned on appeal must have his re-sentencing hearing heard by a 3-judge panel and not a jury,

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2018-07-20 Thread Rick Halperin
July 20 OHIOdeath sentence commuted Gov. John Kasich commutes death sentence of Cincinnati killer Raymond Tibbetts A Cincinnati killer scheduled to be executed on Oct. 17 has been spared the death penalty after a juror's plea to Gov. John Kasich. Kasich went against the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, NEB., S.DAK., CALIF., USA

2018-06-14 Thread Rick Halperin
June 14 OKLAHOMAdeath row inmate dies Death row inmate in Tulsa bank teller's murder found dead at state penitentiary A death row inmate who killed a Tulsa bank teller in 2004 and who exhausted his appeals reportedly hanged himself Saturday in his jail cell. Oklahoma State

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., COLO., WYO.. NEV., CALIF., WASH., USA

2018-05-09 Thread Rick Halperin
May 9 OHIO: Man ruled competent to stand trial in '15 murder Not many murder defendants want a death-penalty specification added to their case. Tuesday, James Jarrell asked why he couldn't have 1 in his aggravated-murder case. After a hearing in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., NEB., ARIZ., CALIF., USA

2018-05-03 Thread Rick Halperin
May 3 OHIO: Court to hear case of Ohio man who killed 88-year-old woman The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled arguments in the death penalty case of a man convicted of fatally beating and stabbing an 88-year-old woman during a robbery. Death row inmate James Goff was sentenced to

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., UTAH, USA

2018-05-01 Thread Rick Halperin
May 1 OHIO: Still no execution date for Dayton man after 30 years on death rowSamuel Moreland was convicted in 1986 of killing 5 members of a Dayton family. 25 of Ohio's death row inmates have been assigned dates through 2022 when lethal chemicals under the state's direction are

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2018-04-18 Thread Rick Halperin
April 18 OHIO: Ohio Death Penalty Sentencing Process Ruled Constitutional Ohio's death penalty sentencing process is different in critical ways from a Florida sentencing scheme struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. The state's high court

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., NEB., USA

2018-04-05 Thread Rick Halperin
April 5 OHIO: Jury recommends death penalty for James Worley A Fulton County jury says James Worley should be put to death following his murder conviction last month. On Wednesday afternoon, jurors unamimously decided to reccomend death penalty for killing UT student Sierah Joughin

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2018-03-26 Thread Rick Halperin
March 26 OHIO: Ohio Gov. John Kasich commutes death sentence for killer set for execution in 2 weeks Ohio Gov. John Kasich granted clemency for a Toledo-area killer who was 2 weeks away from execution. Kasich's decision Monday to spare William Montgomery's life comes 10 days

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., MO., ARIZ., USA

2018-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 21 OHIO: Gov. Kasich, heed Ohio Parole Board and don't execute William Montgomery: Jack Sullivan Jr. (Opinion) The families of murder victims deserve the truth about what happened to our loved ones. We want the offenders punished, but we certainly don't want the wrong persons

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., ARK., COLO., ARIZ., CALIF.

2018-03-08 Thread Rick Halperin
March 8 OHIO: Potential jurors considers death penalty in Sierah Joughin murder trial Day 3 is over In the case of the people versus James Worley, the man accused of murdering Sierah jJoughin back in 2016. As part of jury selection potential jurors went through individual

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., MO., NEB., CALIF., WASH., USA

2018-03-06 Thread Rick Halperin
March 6 OHIO: Franklin County seeing more death-penalty cases Killers who gun down police officers. Serial predators who serve time, only to get out, find new prey and kill. Murderers who snatch away the lives of young children. Those are among the groups Ohio prosecutors typically

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., KY., ARK., NEV., CALIF., USA

2018-03-02 Thread Rick Halperin
March 2 OHIO: Jury pool narrowed to 51 for death-penalty trial The pool of potential jurors for the Brian L. Golsby trial stands at 51 after prosecution and defense attorneys spent 3 1/2 days eliminating those who were considered too influenced by pretrial publicity or too

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., S.DAK., UTAH, ARIZ., CALIF., WASH.

2018-02-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 21 OHIO: Man pleads not guilty to raping, killing Warren native in ColumbusAnthony Pardon, accused of murdering Rachael Anderson, entered a not guilty plea for all nine of the charges The registered sex offender accused of raping, torturing and murdering an aspiring funeral

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., TENN., OKLA., ARIZ., CALIF., WASH., USA

2018-02-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 16 OHIO: Death penalty indictment filed for suspect in kidnapping, rape, and murder of Rachael Anderson The Franklin County Prosecutor says a death penalty indictment has been filed against 53-year-old Anthony Pardon, who is suspected of raping and killing 24-year-old

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KY., ARIZ., UTAH, WASH., US MIL.

2018-02-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 15 OHIO: Ohio Supreme Court won't reopen Anthony Sowell appeal The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request by condemned Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell to reopen his appeal of his 2011 conviction and death sentence. The move is the latest procedural step as

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., S.DAK., CALIF., USA

2018-02-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 9 OHIOstay of impending execution Clemency appropriately applied by the governor Ross Geiger took the extraordinary step of writing to the governor last week. On Thursday, John Kasich responded in a considered and appropriate way. The governor issued a temporary reprieve

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2018-02-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 8 OHIOstay of impending execution Gov. Kasich Grants Reprieve, Delays Execution of Raymond Tibbetts Governor John Kasich today granted a reprieve in the scheduled execution of Raymond Tibbetts, who was set to die next Tuesday, Feb. 13. His execution has been rescheduled for

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., OKLA., UTAH, USA

2018-02-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 8 OHIO: He's Watched 21 Men Die - A Former Journalist on 18 Years of Covering Executions in Ohio It's a role he had to fight for and one, quite frankly, he would rather not have had. But, as Johnson says, it's fundamental and essential for the media to bear witness to these

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KY., IOWA, S. DAK., UTAH

2018-01-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 30 OHIOimpending execution Lawyers say condemned killer early victim of opioid epidemicLawyers said Raymond Tibbetts deserves mercy because of "his addiction and unanswered requests for help" Ohio Gov. John Kasich should consider his fight against the state's deadly

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., ARK., MINN., OKLA.

2018-01-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 26 OHIO: Prosecutors to ask for death penalty against adult murder suspects The Licking County Prosecutor's Office will be pursuing the death penalty for the 1st time in more than a decade against 2 men charged with the aggravated murder of another Newark man. Licking County

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., OKLA., ARIZ.

2017-12-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 11 OHIO: Arson deaths case Stanley Ford, 58, of Akron, was indicted on 29 charges. 22 are aggravated murder counts for 9 fire victims, with Ford charged under different parts of the law. He faces the death penalty. Investigators say Ford set 3 fires in his neighborhood, with

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IOWA, OKLA., CALIF., USA

2017-12-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 7 OHIO: Mitigation specialist to come in for death penalty case Steven Mages, the man accused of killing his girlfriend and unborn child in Goshen Twp., appeared in court on Nov. 29. Mages' defense scored something of a win from Clermont County Common Pleas Judge Victor

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KY., NEB., NEV., CALIF.

2017-12-06 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 6 OHIO: Court docs: Golsby seeing $300 an hour psychologist while in jail The man charged in the rape, kidnapping and murder of Ohio State student Reagan Tokes has been seeing a clinical psychologist while in jail, according to court records uncovered by 10 Investigates.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2017-11-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 15 OHIObotched execution stopped and postponed Execution called off; won't happen today Alva Campbell, Jr.'s execution was called off this morning, after medical personnel were unable to locate a vein to absorb the 3-drug cocktail used as part of the lethal injection

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2017-11-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 14 OHIOimpending execution U.S. Supreme Court won’t stop Ohio execution of sick inmate Ohio started final preparations Tuesday for executing a sick inmate who will be provided a wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe as he’s put to death this week. Death row prisoner Alva

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., OKLA., NEB.

2017-11-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 10 OHIOimpending execution Gov. Kasich denies clemency request for ill Ohio inmate Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he won't spare the life of a condemned killer who has cited his poor health and tough upbringing in an attempt to avoid execution. The Republican governor's

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., KAN., NEV., ARIZ., USA

2017-11-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 9 OHIOimpending execution Ill Ohio inmate asks US Supreme Court to halt execution A condemned Ohio killer who argues he is too ill to execute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his upcoming execution. Attorneys for death row inmate Alva Campbell say his breathing

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., NEV., IDAHO

2017-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 8 OHIOimpending execution Death row inmate wants execution by firing squad, not lethal injection because he has weak veins A death row inmate in Ohio convicted of murdering a teenage boy wants to be executed by firing squad instead of lethal injection because he has weak

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., USA

2017-10-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 30 OHIO: Jurors to begin deliberating Nasser Hamad verdict today After hearing from more than 30 witnesses last week, jurors will hear closing arguments today and begin to deliberate whether Nasser Hamad is guilty of 2 counts of aggravated murder and several counts of attempted

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., OKLA., WYO., IDAHO, USA, US MIL.

2017-10-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 14 OHIO: Suspect wanted in Ohio slayings captured The manhunt for the suspect in the deadly shootings of a 7-year-old boy and 3 adults in Pedro, Ohio, ended in its 2nd day Friday with the capture of Arron Lee Lawson. Lawson, 23, of rural Ironton, was arrested at about 10:35

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, UTAH, NEV., USA

2017-09-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 19 OHIO: Jurors seated in capital murder trial Jurors in the aggravated murder trial of Christopher Peters were seated Monday afternoon. The 12 jurors and 2 alternates, along with attorneys and court officials, then traveled to the scene of the alleged crime in Delphos as what

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2017-09-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 13 OHIOexecution Ohio Executes Double Murderer Gary Otte An Ohio man convicted of back-to-back murders 25 years ago was executed Wednesday morning after the courts rejected his arguments that the lethal injection the state uses could expose him to serious pain. Gary Otte

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, CALIF., ORE., USA

2017-09-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 2 OHIO: Ohio governor reschedules 19 upcoming executions Gov. John Kasich has rescheduled executions for 19 condemned killers on Ohio's death row. The reprieves granted by Kasich push most executions previously scheduled over the next several years forward by a few months.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2017-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
July 26 OHIOexecution Ohio child-killer Ronald Phillips executed at Lucasville Ronald Phillips could not avoid his 7th execution date. After 6 postponements, the 43-year-old Summit County man was executed Wednesday for a murder he committed 24 years ago, a week into Bill

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2017-07-24 Thread Rick Halperin
July 24 OHIOimpending execution Execution set for Wednesday puts Ohio back in national spotlight Had she lived, Sheila Marie Evans would be 27 years old. She was just 3 when, over 2 or 3 days in January 1993, she was beaten, repeatedly raped anally, thrown against a wall and

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, NEB., USA

2017-07-23 Thread Rick Halperin
July 23 OHIO: Ohio needs a more humane way to kill Between the ages of 3 and 4 years, a child starts to quickly develop vocabulary. They know their name and can introduce themselves. They can speak short sentences. The infamous "why" question starts to become a staple of both

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., NEB., CALIF., USA

2017-07-22 Thread Rick Halperin
July 22 OHIOimpending execution Ohio argues against execution delays for 3 condemned inmates Ohio state attorneys argued on Friday against delaying 3 upcoming executions on grounds that the condemned killers have little chance of legal victory and repeated postponements are

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2017-07-18 Thread Rick Halperin
July 18 OHIOimpending execution This killer turned prison chaplain shows what's wrong with the death penalty. Ronald Phillips is scheduled to die on Wednesday, July 26. It is the 7th time this death row inmate in Ohio has been slated for execution since he was sentenced in 1993

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., IDAHO, USA

2017-07-08 Thread Rick Halperin
July 8 OHIOimpending execution Executions court-approved to resume this month for Ohio's death row inmatesCondemned child killer Ronald Phillips has a date slated with the death chamber Ronald Phillips, age 43, has his third date with death. He is, now, scheduled for

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, NEV., USA

2017-07-07 Thread Rick Halperin
July 7 OHIOimpending execution Ohio preparing for 1st execution in more than 3 years Ohio is following a mandatory checklist for putting inmates to death as it prepares for the state's 1st execution in more than 3 years, a prisons agency official said. The state wouldn't release

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARIZ., USA

2017-06-28 Thread Rick Halperin
June 28 OHIO: Cuyahoga County prosecutors to seek death penalty against man charged in f5 killings Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley's office will seek the death penalty in the case of a North Canton man charged with killing 5 people earlier this month in Cuyahoga and

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KAN., S. DAK., CALIF., USA

2017-06-24 Thread Rick Halperin
June 24 OHIO: Lincoln Rutledge's attorneys likely to cite mental health in opposing death penalty The Franklin County jurors who convicted Lincoln S. Rutledge on Thursday of purposely killing a Columbus police officer weren't allowed to consider his mental health. That changes

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., COLO., CALIF., USA

2017-06-19 Thread Rick Halperin
June 19 OHIO: Rutledge apparently won't testify in his death-penalty case Jurors in the trial of suspected cop killer Lincoln S. Rutledge have been told not to return to court until Tuesday, apparently signaling that Rutledge will not testify in the death-penalty case. Franklin

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARIZ., NEV., CALIF., USA

2017-06-08 Thread Rick Halperin
June 8 OHIO: Death row inmate's request for new sentencing hearing denied Convicted killer Stanley Jalowiec has lost his latest effort to have his death sentence overturned. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Chris Cook rejected a request from Jalowiec's attorneys to grant him a new

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, NEB., MINN., CALIF., USA

2017-06-03 Thread Rick Halperin
June 3 OHIO: Sheriff reopens 2009 investigation into death of Bogle suspect's girlfriend Sandusky County Sheriff Chris Hilton said Friday he has reopened an investigation into the 2009 death of a girlfriend of Daniel Myers, who in a separate case was arrested and charged this week in

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IND., TENN., ARK.

2017-04-27 Thread Rick Halperin
April 27 OHIO: Court agrees to rehear lethal injection case in win for Ohio The state on Tuesday won a round in its efforts to restart executions in Ohio, though in the short term a court???s ruling will likely delay efforts to put a condemned child killer to death. At issue are

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., USA

2017-04-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 16 OHIO: Expert: Death penalty cases different Jurors' perceptions are key in any criminal case, especially in a capital murder case, an expert on death-penalty law says. Add intense pretrial publicity, and judges - as well as defense attorneys and prosecutors - will do

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO

2017-04-10 Thread Rick Halperin
April 10 OHIO: Robert Seman jumps to his death at courthouse Robert Seman has thrown himself off the fourth floor of the Mahoning County Courthouse and is dead. Seman had a status hearing in his death penalty case and threw himself off the balcony onto the floor of the rotunda. A

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., MINN.

2017-04-09 Thread Rick Halperin
April 9 OHIO: Death penalty debate continues Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins said it may be premature for people opposed to the death penalty to call it dead in Ohio. "In Trumbull County, the system works and due process takes place daily with judges and jurors doing their

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., CALIF., USA

2017-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 21 OHIO: Vigil at St. Gerard calls on ending death penalty The Catholic Church has long been known for its stance in defending the rights of unborn children. However, a prayer vigil held Monday took a more controversial approach to the life/death issue. The St. Gerard

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, IOWA, CALIF., USA

2017-02-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 24 OHIO: High court declines to hear death row inmate's appeals The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday denied 2 motions by an attorney for death row inmate Nathaniel E. Jackson, including 1 asking them to reconsider their decision last year not to vacate his death sentence. The

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, W. VA., IND., ARK., COLO., UTAH, IDAHO, USA

2017-02-22 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 22 OHIOnew death sentence 50-year-old man sentenced to death for the 1987 murder of a 75-year-old woman in Euclid A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to death for the murder of a 75-year-old woman in Euclid. According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Andre Jackson was

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., NEB., MONT., ARIZ.

2017-02-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 11 OHIO: State postpones executions again, adds 5 more Gov. John Kasich has postponed 8 scheduled executions as the state continues to work through legal challenges and attempt to locate supplies of the drugs it uses to put inmates to death. The move Feb. 10 comes a couple of

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, S.DAK., IDAHO, NEV., CALIF.

2017-02-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 3 OHIO: Jury process to start for 2nd time in Seman case About 160 potential jurors are expected today to report to Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for the 2nd attempt at picking a jury in the Robert Seman capital murder case. Jurors will report about 1:30 p.m., take their

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2017-01-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 26 OHIO: Federal judge rejects Ohio's new lethal injection process A federal judge has declared Ohio's new lethal injection process unconstitutional and delayed three upcoming executions. The ruling Thursday by Magistrate Judge Michael Merz followed a weeklong hearing over the

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2017-01-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 20 OHIO: Judge excuses jurors in Seman case About 180 jurors Wednesday were excused in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court from having to serve in the capital murder case of Robert Seman. The jurors were excused for a variety of reasons ranging from financial hardship to health

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2017-01-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 15 OHIO: Ohio seeks drug reversing lethal injection process if needed Ohio's prisons agency is trying to obtain a drug that could reverse the lethal injection process if needed by stopping the effects of another drug previously used in problematic executions. The request to use

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2017-01-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 3 OHIO: Trial set in latest challenge to Ohio death penalty process Attorneys for death row inmates and lawyers for Ohio's prisons agency are back in court this week in the latest challenge to the way the state puts condemned killers to death. The 4-day trial beginning

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2017-01-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 2 OHIO: Judge's rejection of jury's execution recommendation is rare A recent decision by a Cleveland judge to overrule a jury's death sentence recommendation for a triple killer highlights how rare such judicial decisions are. Research by The Associated Press found just eight

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2016-12-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 8 OHIO: Death-row inmate says his attorneys kept him from testifying in his own defense during 2006 trial About the case ... Prosecution's account: Clarence Fry Jr. stalked and killed Tamela Hardison, his estranged girlfriend, in 2005 to prevent her from testifying against him

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2016-12-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 7 OHIO: Ohio executions set to resume in January 2017 As Ohio resumes executions in the new year, death row inmate Ronald Phillips is scheduled to die on January 12, 2017. Phillips was sentenced to death in 1995 for the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3 year-old

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2016-12-06 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 5 OHIOimpending execution State rejects execution delay for man who raped, killed girl The state has rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter. Assistant Ohio

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2016-11-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 21 OHIO: Victim's mother reacts to death sentence in Warrensville barbershop slayings A jury sentenced convicted murder Douglas Shine Jr. to death for killing 3 men at a Warrensville Heights barbershop in February of 2015. All 6 counts were unanimous, death for the

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2016-11-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 20 OHIO: Victim's mother reacts to death sentence in Warrensville barbershop slayings A jury sentenced convicted murder Douglas Shine Jr. to death for killing 3 men at a Warrensville Heights barbershop in February of 2015. All 6 counts were unanimous, death for the 21-year-old.

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2016-11-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 15 OKLAHOMA: ACLU says Oklahoma's Gov. Fallin is not complying with Open Records Act The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma asked a judge Monday to order Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to comply with public record requests that have been pending for more than 2 years. Brady

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2016-11-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 14 OHIO: Death row inmate from Warren gets disability hearing A Trumbull County death row inmate will try to avoid the death penalty in court this week as a hearing begins today to determine if he is severely intellectually disabled. Andre Williams, 49, formerly of Warren,

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2016-11-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 7 OHIO: Ohio legislators should enact proposed death-penalty reforms: Bob Taft, former Ohio govenor Guest columnist Bob Taft served as the 67th governor of Ohio from 1999-2007. He now teaches at the University of Dayton When I ran for governor in 1998, I hadn't given a

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2016-10-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 18 OHIOfemale may face death penalty Pilkington motions for separate trials, death penalty removed, confession thrown out Court hearings for the Bellefontaine mom accused of killing her 3 young sons are scheduled to start Tuesday. The hearings will mainly address 3

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2016-09-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 30 OHIO: Cuyhoga County's 2nd death penalty trial this year opens Friday: a look back at the Warrensville Heights massacre Opening statements are scheduled to begin Friday for a 21-year-old man charged with aggravated murder who faces the death penalty in the 2015 massacre at a

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2016-09-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 30 OHIO: Ohio man could be linked to slayings of 5 women A homeless Ohio man who was charged with 2 murders last week could now be linked to the slayings of up to 5 different women. Shawn M. Grate, 41, was captured earlier this month after a woman he allegedly kidnapped

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