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AP reports, "Ohio court reprimands judge in death penalty case," via Google News.The Ohio Supreme Court has reprimanded a judge and a prosecutor for teaming up to write a death penalty sentencing order.The discovery of the prosecutor's involvement in writing the order led the court to overturn the sentence of the first woman condemned under Ohio's new death penalty law. Donna Roberts, convicted of murdering her ex-husband, has since been resentenced to death.The court issued public reprimands Thursday to Judge John Stuard of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court and Chris Becker, an assistant county prosecutor.The court noted Stuard had a practice of enlisting the county prosecutor's office in drafting sentencing opinions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).