Criminal Justice
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine urges lawmakers to repeal the state death penalty
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is calling on the state legislature to abolish the death penalty, citing lengthy delays between sentencing and execution and saying he no longer believes capital punishment deters murder. DeWine, who helped craft Ohio’s modern death-penalty statute as a state legislator in the early 1980s, has made the case as he enters the final months of his term, which ends in January 2027.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that certain plea agreements waiving appeal rights can be set aside if enforcing them would cause a manifest miscarriage of justice. The 8-1 decision, written by Justice Elena Kagan, reversed a Fifth Circuit ruling in a fraud case involving Munson Hunter.
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A federal judge in Baton Rouge issued a temporary restraining order late Sunday blocking Louisiana from enforcing a new law that would abolish the elected Orleans Parish clerk of Criminal District Court and merge its duties into the civil clerk’s office, a change that would prevent clerk-elect Calvin Duncan from taking office. By Monday morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit had granted the state an emergency stay, allowing the law to take effect while the legal fight continues.