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Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 20, 2012 12:56:27 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 20, 2012 12:57:33 GMT -5
Former Toledoan seeks overturn of death sentences Attorneys for a former Toledo man convicted of setting a 2006 house fire that killed four people, including two children, urged the Ohio Supreme Court Tuesday to save him from the lethal injection gurney. Wayne Powell, 47, faces four death sentences, one for each victim, as well as a 10-year sentence for aggravated arson. While four family members of the victims watched, Powell’s Dayton attorney, Gary W. Crim, argued that the trial judge erred when he allowed the jury to see a video tape in which Powell’s brother, Isaac, told police his brother had admitted pouring gasoline onto the side of the house. He also raised the argument that the prosecution should not have been allowed to point out to the jury during the mitigation phase of the trial that Powell had not taken the stand. More; www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2012/03/20/Former-Toledo-man-seeks-overturn-of-death-sentences-in-fatal-fire-that-killed-4.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 13, 2012 16:05:39 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 18, 2012 6:37:34 GMT -5
Death Penalty Upheld In 2006 Toledo Arson Murders 2007-2027. State v. Powell, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-2577. Lucas C.P. No. G4801-CR-0200603581-000. Judgment affirmed. O'Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur. Opinion: www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2012/2012-Ohio-2577.pdfSource; www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/PIO/summaries/2012/0613/072027.aspView oral argument video of this case. www.supremecourtofohiomedialibrary.org/Media.aspx?fileId=134893 |
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