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For someone who has experienced domestic violence, safety can be enhanced by a protection order, carefully planned attendance at a hearing, and courts taking timely actions in cases. Across the Ohio judicial system, practices and partnerships have been built to protect domestic violence victims as they take the steps needed to remov ... (full story)
Court affirms offender’s conviction because preindictment delay did not harm his defense
The Supreme Court of Ohio on Oct. 14 upheld the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a Clermont County man who was prosecuted 16 years after the death of a woman, who ultimately died from injuries she suffered as an infant. The Supreme Court found Scott Wilson could not prove the State’s delay in indicting him harmed his abi ... (full story)
Indictment after guilty plea accepted did not violate double jeopardy
A Knox County man’s constitutional rights were not violated when a trial judge accepted his guilty plea but declined to sentence him after the prosecution discovered that the charge had been brought using a procedure not authorized by Ohio law, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Oct. 13.
After the Knox County Prosecutor&rsquo ... (full story)
Akron Municipal Court to hold second Expungement Day event
A criminal record — even if it involves misdemeanors — can keep a person from securing employment, housing or volunteering in public schools.
And while obtaining an expungement or getting one’s records sealed may remedy many of those situations, the process can be lengthy and involve costs that not ever ... (full story)
No textbook required: Students explore Ohio’s highest court
After riding on a bus for nearly two hours from their school along the Ohio River, students from Belpre High School in Washington County arrived at the Supreme Court of Ohio. What had previously been only a chapter about the judicial branch in a textbook suddenly became a real place where they could learn about the legal system firs ... (full story)