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Steubenville Prosecutors Turn To Cell Phone Evidence

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A statue of Lady Justice sits atop the Jefferson County Courthouse in downtown Steubenville. Two Steubenville High School football players are charged with raping a 16-year-old girl last August.
12:35PM
March
14, 2013

Police and witnesses from phone service providers have testified about cellphones collected as evidence in the case against two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl.

Defense Seeking To Move Ohio School Shooting Trial

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Lawyers for 18-year old T. J. Lane want the alleged school shooter's trial to take place outside Geauga County
12:37PM
January
2, 2013

Attorneys for an Ohio teenager charged in the school shooting deaths of three students are renewing their effort to move the trial out of the grief-stricken community.

Jurors Resume Deliberations In Ohio Amish Case

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Jurors began a third day of deliberations in a trial of 16 people charged in beard and hair cutting attacks against fellow Amish.
1:29PM
September
18, 2012

Jurors have begun a third day of deliberations in the trial of 16 people accused of hate crimes in hair- and beard-cutting attacks against their fellow Amish in Ohio.

Akron Man Gets New Trial After 17 Years Behind Bars

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Dewey Jones was sentenced to life in prison for the 1993 murder of 71-year-old Neil Rankin. Jones had a lengthy criminal record prior to the conviction, but has always maintained he was not involved in Rankin's murder.
7:16AM
July 10, 2012

Dewy Jones was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 for the murder of an elderly man, but new DNA evidence raised questions about the conviction.

Ohio Bomb Plot Suspect Seeking To Exclude Threat

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One of the accused would-be bombers wants evidence from a previous hearing excluded from trial.
3:31PM
June 21, 2012

One of five suspects charged with plotting to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio wants to exclude trial evidence that he threatened to bomb his seventh-grade principal.

Twin Cleared of Murdering Brother Not Angry; Seeks Police Apology

12:00AM
August
7, 2009

A Columbus man cleared in the slaying of his identical twin says he forgives police and prosecutors who investigated and prosecuted him. Derris Lewis and his Mother talked to reporters Friday about the family’s ordeal over 18 months.

Charges Dropped Against Teen Accused of Murdering Twin Brother

12:00AM
August
6, 2009

A prosecutor has dropped charges against an Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his identical twin after tests cast doubt on the key piece of evidence – a palm print of the defendant’s that was believed to be bloody.

Sister of Teen on Trial for Killing Twin Brother Testifies He’s A “Peacemaker”

12:00AM
March
16, 2009

Money was a focus of Monday’s testimony in the murder trial of a Columbus teen accused of killing his twin brother last January. The teens’ sister tried to refute a possible motive presented by the prosecution.

Testimony Begins in Noe Trial

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October
16, 2006

Testimony is underway in Toledo in the trial of coin dealer and GOP fundraiser Tom Noe.

McCoy no longer faces death penalty

12:00AM
May
10, 2005

Principals in the Central Ohio “Highway Shooter” case returned to legal square one today. Following a mistrial with a hung jury, the prosecution and the defense are preparing to try again.