Ohio Inmate
Press - Member of British Parliament Visits Ohio Death Row Inmate
(Columbus)-British MP Alistair Carmichael and Amnesty International UK Executive Director Kate Allen today visited Ohio Death Row inmate Kenny Richey at the Mansfield Correctional Institution. ... [Read More]
Press - Can DNA Find Ohio's Innocent Inmates?
There are, however, serious limitations, under the new law, as to who may be provided with DNA testing. To be eligible for DNA testing under this new law, the inmate must have at least one year left of their sentence. Of critical importance is the fact that there must be DNA material, or evidence, still remaining which would be susceptible to DNA evaluation, and the DNA test, if administered, must be outcome determinative of the charges upon which the inmate was convicted. If not, the judge will dismiss the application and no testing will be allowed. In addition, no testing will be allowed if the inmate did not go to trial, for whatever reason, without the express permission of the county prosecutor, and such decision cannot be appealed. Applications for testing are available in each Ohio prison, and the application must be filed by Oct. 29, 2004. ... [Read More]
Press Release - John Glenn Roe Executed Debate Over Lethal Injection,Questions About Sixth Circuit Voting Continue
(Columbus) - At 10 a.m. today, the State of Ohio executed John Glenn Roe. Roe is the second Ohio inmate executed since questions were raised over the constitutionality of the drugs used in Ohio’s lethal injection protocol. ... Ohio’s lethal injection protocol includes a paralyzing agent, pancuronium bromide, that could leave the inmate conscious before death, but cast a chemical veil over the excruciatingly painful effects of death by suffocation and heart attack. Veterinarians forbid using the same types of drugs for euthanizing pets, in order to avoid inflicting pain on the animals. ... [Read More]
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February 19, 2004 - Member of British Parliament Visits Ohio Death Row Inmate ... Can DNA Find Ohio's Innocent Inmates? ... September 1, 2004 - Court orders Adult Parole Authority to give meaningful consideration to thousands of "old law" inmates. ... [Read More]
Media Release - Ohio State Highway Patrol
MARYSVILLE – Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the death of Ohio Reformatory for Women inmate Stacey Beckwith who was found dead in her cell yesterday. A preliminary autopsy completed today indicates that Beckwith died as a result of hanging. ... [Read More]
Press - Ohio Public Defender files civil rights lawsuit challengingOhio's lethal injection procedure
Earlier this year, the OPD filed a similar lawsuit on behalf of Lewis Williams and John Glenn Roe. Due to then-existing technicalities, that lawsuit was dismissed without any rulings on the facts, and both Williams and Roe were executed. The OPD believes that the technical barriers to challenging Ohio lethal injection methods were effectively lifted by the United States Supreme Court’s decision on May 24, 2004 in Nelson v. Campbell , where the Court allowed an Alabama death-row inmate to use the civil rights statute to challenge lethal injection procedures. ... [Read More]
Press - State executes Williams dispite controversy over lethal injection drug
Ohio’s lethal injection protocol includes a paralyzing agent, pancuronium bromide, that could leave the inmate conscious before death, but cast a chemical veil over the excruciatingly painful effects of death by suffocation and heart attack. On Dec. 31, 2003, the Office of the Ohio Public Defender filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing that Ohio’s use of pancuronium bromide violates inmates’ constitutional rights. ... [Read More]
Press - Adremy Dennis executed; Ohio edges past Oklahoma for number twospot in national ranking
The state of Ohio today executed Adremy Dennis, making him the 7th Ohio death row inmate executed this year, and the 15th executed since the state resumed executions in 1999. ... [Read More]
Legislation - Legistature Enacts New DNA Testing Mechanisms
Inmate must submit both an application and an acknowledgement form (provided by the Attorney General) to the trial judge of the court of common pleas where the inmate was convicted. There is no cost for indigent defendants. The inmate must also serve the prosecutor and the attorney general with the application. All requests must be made on or before October 29, 2005. ... [Read More]
Media Release - Ohio State Highway Patrol
Troopers and Department of Rehabilitation and Correction investigators obtained information that Yingling was working with an inmate to bring drugs into the Ross Correctional Institution. Yingling was arrested at 1:18 p.m. today after an ongoing investigation revealed a plot to disperse OxyContin to inmates. ... [Read More]
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