In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new...
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new trial for James Were, 44, sentenced to death for strangling Robert Vallandingham, a guard held hostage during a 1993 11-day riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new trial for James Were, 44, sentenced to death for strangling Robert Vallandingham, a guard held hostage during a 1993 11-day riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
The court found that Visiting Judge Donald Cox, of Columbus, erred when he disregarded repeated requests by Were's lawyers for a competency hearing after their client refused to cooperate and displayed paranoid behaviour.
The court found that Visiting Judge Donald Cox, of Columbus, erred when he disregarded repeated requests by Were's lawyers for a competency hearing after their client refused to cooperate and displayed paranoid behaviour.
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- (Sources: Cincinnati Post, 06/02/2002)