Lucas County to begin operating conviction integrity unit
Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates is finalizing the structure and guidelines for the conviction integrity unit that reviews post-conviction claims of innocence.
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Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates is finalizing the structure and guidelines for the conviction integrity unit that reviews post-conviction claims of innocence.
A change in Ohio law increases the odds that Lucas County will have its first wrongful imprisonment designation.
The program's goal is to achieve exonerations in Lucas County, which is one of the few counties in Ohio without an exoneration since 1989
The Lucas County Prosecutor's Office admitted that key evidence in a murder trial was not released to the defendant’s lawyer. The defendant is seeking a new trial.
The support follows multiple WTOL 11 stories on the county's justice system. The commissioner says it will give hope to those wrongly convicted.