Hamilton County prosecutors drop murder charge against man who spent 13 years in prison
Prosecutors said they were determined to retry the case and fought for the past year for a conviction.
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Prosecutors said they were determined to retry the case and fought for the past year for a conviction.
About 100 prosecutors across Ohio violated standards meant to protect a defendant's civil rights in criminal trials, an investigation by NPR and its reporting partners found. Some did so repeatedly.
He’s been awaiting execution for almost three decades for crimes that he says he didn’t commit. From a maximum security prison in Ohio, he details his fight to reopen his case and his unusual musical project with Spanish pianist Albert Marquès — a cry of protest against capital punishment in the United States
The murder suspect who spent nearly 30 years on death row in Ohio is closer to freedom after prosecutors say their case is "destroyed."
Attorneys for Desean Brown are asking a judge to find that he is ineligible for the death penalty because he has a serious mental illness.