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Jul 28, 2021

Wernert, et al. v. Ohio Parole Board

Prisoners' Rights
Status: Closed

In 1978 the US Supreme Court found Ohio's death penalty process unconstitutional. Individuals who had previously been sentenced to death were resentenced, often to life with the possibility of parole. The...

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Jul 22, 2021

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio v. Ohio Department of Health

Status: Active

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During the December 2020 lame duck session, the Ohio General Assembly passed SB27, a law that radically changes how abortion clinics must manage tissue from a surgical abortion.  The law does...

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Jul 22, 2021

Brust v. Ohio Parole Board

Prisoners' Rights
Status: Active

The Ohio Parole Board’s policy of denying access to victim statements precludes meaningful consideration because it prevents individuals seeking parole from knowing about, rebutting, or responding to...

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Jul 6, 2021

State ex rel. Collin Marozzi v. Ohio House of Representatives

Open Government
Status: Closed

For over five months, the three highest level officials and staffers in the Ohio House – House Speaker Robert Cupp, his chief of staff Christine Morrison, and Majority Floor Leader Bill Seitz – failed to...

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May 1, 2021

Woodson v. ODRC

Prisoners' Rights
Status: Closed

The garnishment of prisoners’ relief checks for debts other than child support, when all other Ohioans’ relief checks are treated are fully immune to non-child support garnishments, violates the Equal...

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Apr 1, 2021

State v. Philpotts (amicus)

Status: Active

Mr. Philpotts was convicted in Cuyahoga County of “having weapons while under disability” under Ohio Rev. Code 2923.13(A)(2). This state statute makes it a third degree felony to possess certain weapons,...

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