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In 1980 a similar case, Jenkins v. Anderson , reached the Supreme Court, its ruling distinguishing it from Doyle . The Court ruled that the prosecution is permitted to exploit as inculpatory evidence a defendant's failure to disclose an exculpatory testimony eventually presented in trial as defense, to government officials such as police in a ...
In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct or prosecutorial overreach is "an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment." [1] It is similar to selective prosecution. Prosecutors are bound by a set of rules ...
City of Norwood v. Horney, 110 Ohio St.3d 353 (2006), was a case brought before the Ohio Supreme Court in 2006. The case came upon the heels of Kelo v.City of New London, in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that commercial development justified the use of eminent domain.
The energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio will pay $20 million and avoid criminal charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors to resolve its role in the scandal.
Tumey v. Ohio, 273 U.S. 510 (1927), is a US Supreme Court case, concerning the due process of judicial disqualification. [1] The court struck down an Ohio law that financially rewarded public officials for successfully prosecuting cases related to Prohibition.
In the earlier cases, the grand jury did not charge the officers. 'Larger systemic problems': Phoenix police officers on leave amid probe into violent arrest of deaf man Reaction to indictments in ...
[205] 47 cases were referred for prosecution, resulting in ten prison sentences, one suspended sentence and one fine. [205] As a result of all investigations into the corruption and misconduct of British police and staff between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014, 134 police officers and staff were dismissed, while a further 711 faced disciplinary ...
Feb. 16—SCIOTO — Over the course of four days, more than 1,800 high school students representing 135 schools from across Ohio competed in the first round of the 39th Annual Ohio Mock Trial ...