Whitespace is like air: it is necessary for design to breathe
Update: On March 3, 2018, Alva Campbell was found dead in his prison cell of natural causes.
On September 15, 2009, the state tried, but failed, to execute Romell Broom. The execution team couldn’t find a good vein, failing to insert a catheter after pricking Broom 18 times, for nearly two hours, during which time…
Update: On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“But you just keep telling me why it’s (the trial court decision’s) wrong—tell me why it’s a final order?”
Justice DeWine, to Carol Thomasson’s counsel
“Does the appointment of the GAL preclude your…
Update: On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“But you just keep telling me why it’s (the trial court decision’s) wrong—tell me why it’s a final order?”
Justice DeWine, to Carol Thomasson’s counsel
“Does the appointment of the GAL preclude your…
Update: On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument here.
On November 21, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Charles W. Thomasson v. Carol J. Thomasson, 2016-1629…
Former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced today, November 15, 2017, that he plans to step down as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by the end of this month. Could that be a step to his becoming a Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio? Cordray made no such announcement today, but rumors about…
Case Background
A long, long time ago (January 19, 2010, to be exact) Donald Yeaples was injured while working as a laborer for Precision Directional Boring, a Medina County Company. He was on a job to identify residential connections with storm, sanitary and water pipes in order to bore a path for a new water…
On October 29, 2017, Justice Bill O’Neill announced his intent to run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary May 8, 2018. He also announced a platform which includes “legalization of recreational marijuana, a higher minimum wage, a decrease in in-state tuition, and the funding of mental health institutions across the state.”
Initially, O’Neill said he would…
Update: Batista filed a cert. petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23, 2018. The state waived response. The petition was denied on April 23, 2018.
On October 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Batista, 2017-Ohio-8304. The court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of R.C.…
Yesterday, October 29, 2017, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O’Neill announced his intent to run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary May 8, 2018. Already in the race on the Democratic side are Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, State Senator Joseph Schiavoni, Former State Representative Connie Pillich, and Former U.S. Representative Betty Sutton. O’Neill, who is the…
Update: On February 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Given the current status of the science in this area is it ever possible to say what is or isn’t a significant factor… Is it just that the science is different from what…
