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U.S. Court Eyes Ohio Death Laws
The U S Supreme Court will decide soon if Ohio may reinstate the death penalty in appeals by Cincinnati man Willie Bell and Akron woman Sandra Lockett. ACLU argues Ohio law is too restrictive. a favorable ruling could void many death sentences or limit new ones. Bell was 16 at crime. Lockett was in the getaway car in a 1975 case. Last execution in Ohio occurred in 1963.
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