COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The conviction of a man incarcerated on Ohio’s death row for decades has been overturned by a federal judge who said new evidence would likely result in a jury acqui…
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Former jail officer convicted of sexually assaulting women
POMEROY, Ohio (AP) — A former jail officer in Ohio accused of sexually assaulting or trying to sexually assault a dozen female inmates and probationers has been convicted of sexual battery and kidnapp…
Man convicted in 3 killings is set for trial in 2 more
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A man sentenced to death for the murders of a woman and her two adult daughters in suburban Cleveland is set for trial this summer in the shooting deaths of an Ohio couple.…
Ohio AG removes state-funded video from fundraising email
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s attorney general has removed a publicly funded video from his state website after a newspaper reported it was linked to a campaign fundraising email.…
Trustees vote to remove actress’ name from school theater
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — A university in Ohio will remove from a campus theater the last name of an actress who starred in “The Birth of a Nation,” considered one of the most racist movi…
City seeks proposals for hotel to boost convention business
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati officials have requested proposals for a new, upscale hotel they say will boost the city’s convention business.…
Charity still fighting HIV/AIDS 25 years after founder dies
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If anyone in their circle of friends was going to make it, to somehow defy the death sentence that loomed over an HIV diagnosis back then, it would be Matt Taylor.…
Lawmakers target spouses who drug, rape their partners
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Witches were still being burned at the stake when Sir Matthew Hale came up with his legal theory that rape could not happen within marriage. The 17th century English juris…
Judges declare Ohio’s congressional map unconstitutional
CINCINNATI (AP) — A panel of federal judges ruled Friday that Ohio’s congressional districts were unconstitutionally drawn by the Republicans for their political advantage, and it ordered a new …
Inmate charged in fatal ‘Angel of Death’ prison beating
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An inmate serving time for a series of burglaries was charged Friday in the fatal 2017 prison beating of a serial killer who was dubbed the “Angel of Death” after he ad…