JURIST - Ohio

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] denied certiorari Monday in Demjanjuk v. Mukasey [order, PDF; case docket], ending the appeals process of a deportation order for accused former Nazi concentration camp guard and Ohio resident John Demjanjuk [JURIST news.... [more]

[JURIST] Ohio resident David Tuason was indicted [PDF text; press release] Wednesday for allegedly threatening to blow up the US Supreme Court building and attack black men, including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas [OYEZ profile]. Tuason was charged with six counts of mailing threatening.... [more]

[JURIST] The anesthetic dosage delivered under Ohio's lethal injection [DPIC backgrounder] protocol is sufficient to prevent the condemned inmate from suffering during an execution, according to Tuesday testimony from an anesthesiologist during a court hearing on the constitutionality of Ohio's.... [more]

[JURIST] Ohio's lethal injection [DPIC backgrounder] procedures fall short of standards used to euthanize animals, according to Monday testimony from an anesthesiologist before a court hearing [ACLU press release] on the constitutionality of Ohio's death penalty procedure [JURIST news archive]..... [more]

[JURIST] The American Bar Association (ABA) [official website] said Monday that there are serious flaws in the fairness and accuracy of several state death penalty systems [project website], and called for a nationwide moratorium on executions [JURIST report]. The ABA task force studied eight.... [more]

[JURIST] The American Bar Association death penalty assessment team [ABA materials] has recommended [news release] a moratorium on the death penalty in Ohio, in a report [PDF text; executive summary, PDF] released Monday that cited major flaws in the state's administration of capital punishment.... [more]

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Ohio [official website] ruled Wednesday that unmarried couples are subject to domestic violence statutes [opinion, PDF], despite the fact that the law refers to those "living as a spouse." The case arose when a man charged under the domestic violence statute for.... [more]

[JURIST] The mother of Joseph Lewis Clark, a convicted murderer whose 2006 execution took approximately 90 minutes [CantonRep report], Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against Director Terry Collins [official profile] of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction [official website] and a.... [more]

[JURIST] Ohio Governor Ted Strickland [official website] said Thursday that he believes the state's 2004 constitutional amendment banning gay marriage [JURIST report] could prevent the state from outlawing sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination in the private sector. Strickland made.... [more]

[JURIST] US citizen Christopher Paul pleaded not guilty Friday to charges [indictment, PDF; JURIST report] that he conspired to assist terrorists and to bomb European tourist sites and US military and government facilities overseas. Paul, from Columbus, OH, did not request to be released on bond.... [more]