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Attorney David Betras
After originally threatening a veto and over the objections of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association and the Ohio Association of Police Chiefs, Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 175 on Jan. 4 making Ohio the 36th state in the nation to adopt “Stand Your Ground” legislation.
The law went into effect on Tuesday. In this week’s column, I will compare Stand Your Ground” to the “Castle Doctrine” that it supplants and offer some sage legal advice Ohioans should consider before pulling the trigger.
Like many American legal principles, the Castle Doctrine is based on English common law and literally means that a person’s home is their castle and they have the right to defend it.
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2020: A year of overtime
By Jim Krumel - jkrumel@limanews.com
Lima Police Department Detective Steve Stechschulte, shown here testifying in a rape case Friday, picked up $70,063 in overtime in 2020, pushing his earnings to $134,932 while dealing with fewer resources and increased crime.
File photo | The Lima News
The Lima Fire Department and Lima Police Department responded to a car running into a house in the early morning hours of July 18. Government salaries saw a lot of overtime in 2020. The LPD saw 21 city employees earn more than $20,000 in overtime last year, and eight members of the Lima Fire Department were paid more than the fire chief.