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The first is a separation of powers issue, specifically, who has jurisdiction over court records. Based on a 2019 Ohio Supreme Court ruling, "the Rules of Superintendence are the sole vehicle by ...
Megan E. Shanahan (born 1972 or 1973) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2025. She served as a judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2024.
Wilkinson v. Austin, 545 U.S. 209 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that while the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment gives rise to a liberty interest in not being placed in a Supermax prison, Ohio's procedures for determining which prisoners should be placed there satisfied the requirements of due process.
In the United States, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, or PLRA, is a federal statute enacted in 1996 with the intent of limiting "frivolous lawsuits" by prisoners.Among its provisions, the PLRA requires prisoners to exhaust all possibly executive means of reform before filing for litigation, restricts the normal procedure of having the losing defendant pay legal fees (thus making fewer ...
In a split decision, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 60-year prison sentence and limited appeals court review of trial judges' decisions.
He wants Ohio to create a criminal sentencing database to reveal biases in how defendants are treated, he wants the law changed to mandate judges to act more quickly on inmates' claims of actual ...
On the podcast, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael P. Donnelly agreed to an interview "to demonstrate the need to reform the post conviction process in Ohio for those who claim they are wrongly convicted" and stated that "Kevin Keith's case should concern anyone who is concerned with the integrity of the system."
The Ohio Supreme Court overturned the case, based on Bates receiving ineffective legal counsel. In 2023, Bates pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.