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In Ohio, Judge to Remain on Death Penalty Case

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In today's Lorain Morning Journal, Matt Suman reports, "Burge set to hear death case."Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge can stay on a three-judge panel to hear the criminal case of murder defendant Manuel Nieves, who faces the death penalty, according a ruling from the Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Moyer. Last month, Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will asked the court to disqualify Burge from the panel. Prosecutors said Burge could not apply the law in Nieves case because of his finding that Ohio's death penalty method is unconstitutional. He ruled the state should use only one drug to induce death instead of its current three drug cocktail. But Burge has argued to the Ohio Supreme Court that he would follow the law and should stay a member of the panel...continue to full post

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