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He earned a full ride to college. He spent 15 years wrongly imprisoned instead.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA man who spent 15 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit shared his story with students at...
Ohio man wins $45 million in lawsuit after being wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio man won $45 million in a civil lawsuit against a police department and...
Ohio State Bar Foundation awards more than $91,000 in grants for racial justice projects
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBlack community leaders and law enforcement agencies in four Northeast Ohio counties will soon work...
'Never apologized to me.' Canton man rebuilding life after DNA clears him of sex crimes
The Repository via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCANTON − It's been some time now since Eric Brunner was in prison, but it's only recently that he...
Summit County prosecutors doing new DNA testing in Phyllis Cottle's infamous rape case
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSummit County prosecutors are taking a new look at one of the most infamous rape cases in the...
Tests find Samuel Herring's DNA on rape victim's clothing amid questions about 1984 attack
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNew testing has confirmed the presence of Samuel Herring’s DNA on several items of clothing worn by...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine pardons 108 people, saying 'They've turned their lives around'
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoAlthough Gov. Mike DeWine has granted more than 100 pardons, it's rare for him to meet face-to-face...
Tom Archdeacon: Wrongly imprisoned for 20 years, Dean Gillispie now working to save others
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 7—FAIRBORN — When Dean Gillispie says the Ohio Innocence Project "saved my life," he's not exaggerating. Falsely convicted and incarcerated for 20 years — before state and federal courts ...
Juvenile justice in Ohio: How the system is supposed to work
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOhio operates a complex system of services for kids accused of delinquent acts. The goal is to give...
Tyrone Noling's case would benefit from a justice system that recognizes it makes mistakes
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSince 1989, Ohio has seen 85 exonerations, prisoners found wrongly convicted of crimes. That number...