Ohio is thinking through ways to address its corrections budget and prison population problems.
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Ohio Addresses Budget and Prison Population Problems
Ray Towler, a wrongly convicted Cleveland man recently released from prison, has enjoyed some of the perks of his new found freedom but has not experienced any financial relief. He has he not yet received any of the $1.4 million owed to him.
Several states are backing Albert Snyder, who sued anti-gay protesters over their demonstration at the 2006 military funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a Marine killed in Iraq. Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia have submitted a brief..
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States File Brief over Military Funeral Protests
New York lawmakers have proposed an expansion of the state’s DNA law requiring police to take samples from those charged with serious felonies. The proposed bill would help to expand the state’s DNA database, ultimately aiming to close thousands of unsolved… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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NY Lawmakers Propose Expansion of DNA Law
On May 12, it was reported that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was launching an investigation of eight major banks in relation to the information they provided to the ratings agencies tasked with grading mortgaged-backed securities offered to investors. This…
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NY AG Investigates Bank’s Relations to Ratings Co’s
Ohio death row inmate, Darryl Durr, who claimed he could have a drug allergy to the anesthetic Ohio uses to put inmates to death, has been executed by a single shot lethal injection. An Ohio serial rapist, Darryl Durr, 46, was executed… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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Ohio Death Row Inmate Executed by Single Shot
In the latest legal twist, a judge has been removed from the case of Ohio serial killing suspect Anthony Sowell for web site postings. The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold to be removed from the trial to avoid… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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Anthony Sowell: Judge Removed for Web Site Postings
Ohio has put a new DNA law on the books aimed at protecting the innocent from wrongful convictions and putting the real criminals behind bars. Gov. Ted Strickland signed Senate Bill 77 into law, setting new statewide standards requiring DNA…
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Ohio Puts New DNA Law on the Books
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now using giant digital billboards to help stop crime.
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FBI Uses Digital Billboards to Help Stop Crime
This week, Wells Fargo Bank announced it had settled a lawsuit with the NAACP over its lending practices.
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Cities Sue Wells Fargo for Discrimination in Lending
