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Killers face uncertain death (Jan 2007 article)

Thursday, 28 February 2008

 

Strickland may be sympathetic to claims of mental retardation

 

Barbara Raines' anger has festered 15 years and now she's turning that anger toward Gov. Ted Strickland.

Darryl Gumm and Michael Bies, the men sentenced to die for abducting and beating her 10-year-old son to death in 1992, have sat on Ohio's death row during appeal after appeal.

Each killer claims he is mentally retarded. If the courts agree, that means they can't be executed under a 2002 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that says executing the mentally retarded is unconstitutional.

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Sentencing hearing set for ex-death-row inmate

Saturday, 09 February 2008

A July 14 hearing date was set yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court for Frederick Dickerson so a 3-judge panel can hear testimony on whether the former death-row inmate once again should be sentenced to death.


 

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A prosecutor's win not always justice

Friday, 08 February 2008

 

by Regina Brett
July 12, 2006

Don't believe me. Believe the judges.

According to appeals court decisions, at least three men could be on death row because former star prosecutor Carmen Marino hid evidence.

Three others had murder convictions set aside, one because of what an appeals court called Marino's "highly improper and highly prejudicial" conduct. The others, because he hid key evidence or lied about secret deals with jailed witnesses.


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Ohio death row inmate Tyrone Noling loses appeal in Portage County murder

Sunday, 03 February 2008

 

There is evidence of innocence in this case: http://tyronenoling.com/

U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent denied an appeal by Ohio death row
inmate Tyrone Noling Friday and issued an order saying Noling - convicted
of gunning down an elderly couple - can't take his case to a higher
federal court.

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Dispatch 5 day series: Test of Convictions

Thursday, 31 January 2008

 

This is a five day series of articles and videos. A year long review finds flaws in Ohio's Judicial system. DNA lost and destroyed, Judges ignoring inmates cases.

A MUST READ!!

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