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Judge Demands New Order On Provisional Ballots
Federal judge Algenon Marbley says Secretary of State Jon Husted's near-Election Day directive violated a previous court ruling and state law.
A federal judge has ordered the state’s election chief not to reject certain provisional ballots and come up with a new directive regarding the ballots.
Sentencing Delayed For Convicted Craigslist Killer
Brogan Rafferty
Sentencing has been delayed for Brogan Rafferty, the 17-year-old convicted in a plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job offers.
Judges Refuses To Delay Execution
Death row inmate Brett Hartman argues that the state altered its procedures during April and September executions.
A federal judge has rejected a condemned Ohio killer’s request to delay his upcoming execution over allegations that the state continues to deviate from its written execution policies.
Amish Beard-Cutting Trials Begin
Ohio has the nation's largest concentration of Amish people, with most clustered in and around Holmes County.
Members of an Amish church group are due to go on trial Monday in a Cleveland federal courtroom. Prosecutors claim the defendants committed hate crimes against other Amish by cutting off their beards and hair.
Ex-Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement In Ohio
Carl Shye, Jr. of New Albany pleads guilty to embezzling $470,000 from charter schools in Columbus, Dayton, and Youngstown over a six-year period.
A former Ohio charter school treasurer has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $470,000 in federal education funds from four schools over six years.
Ohio Awaits Supreme Court Ruling On Execution
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost wrote a blistering report on Ohio's death penalty practice, writing that he has to micromanage executions and that the state "needs to do what it says it will do."
The state says a federal judge and a federal appeals court erred in ruling that Ohio does not follow its own execution procedures.
Judges Stays Execution, Blasts Ohio’s Death Penalty
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost wrote a blistering report on Ohio's death penalty practice, writing that he has to micromanage executions and that the state "needs to do what it says it will do."
The lethal injection of 45-year-old Charles Lorraine is on hold after U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost criticized the state for the way it carries out executions.
