Gov. DeWine appoints Toledo defense attorney to Lucas Co. Court of Common Pleas
Toledo native Eric Marks became interested in the law profession, and the plight of the disenfranchised, on a mission trip after high school. Author: WTOL Newsroom, Silas Tsang Published: 10:40 PM EST February 20, 2021 Updated: 11:00 PM EST February 20, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed defense attorney Eric Marks, a native of Toledo, to a vacant seat on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court this week.
The seat was vacated by outgoing judge Myron Duhart, who was elected to a post on the 6th District Court of Appeals.
The appointment has Marks reflecting on how he got to this point in his career.
Saturday, Dec 19, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge across the US bringing with it a wave of death, a forgotten section of the population is being especially ravaged: prisoners in state and federal prisons. The Marshall Project has been tracking inmate cases and deaths since mid-March. The non-profit news organization, in coordination with the Associated Press, reports that by December 15 at least 276,107 people in prison had tested positive for the illness, a 10 percent increase over the week before, far outpacing the previous peak in early August. As testing for the virus is limited, and all cases are not reported, this number is undoubtedly much higher.
One in five US prisoners has contracted COVID-19, more than 1,700 have died
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge across the US bringing with it a wave of death, a forgotten section of the population is being especially ravaged: prisoners in state and federal prisons. The Marshall Project has been tracking inmate cases and deaths since mid-March.
Bars inside a prison [Credit: Robert Crow/vividcorvid - Fotolia]
The non-profit news organization, in coordination with the Associated Press, reports that by December 15 at least 276,107 people in prison had tested positive for the illness, a 10 percent increase over the week before, far outpacing the previous peak in early August. As testing for the virus is limited, and all cases are not reported, this number is undoubtedly much higher.