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Last week, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray released the annual, Capital Crimes Annual Report: State and Federal Cases, 2008.The report's release prompted the AP report, "Ohio AG: Death appeals too long, can avert justice," via the Coshocton Tribune.Ohio's appeal process for inmates sentenced to death is still too long and sometimes defeats the possibility of justice being served, Attorney General Richard Cordray told The Associated Press on Wednesday.The long appeals process makes it difficult when, after a dozen years in the courts, a retrial involving a new prosecutor and new police officials may take place, Cordray said."That is a definite downside to a long, long appellate process," he said. "If it does lead to a retrial, it's very difficult to feel that fair justice can be achieved on a redo because so much changes over time, particularly in presenting factual evidence to juries...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 06, 2009 (boomark / email).