Judge overturns death sentence in 1994 case
The judge ordered a life prison term for Ray Smith in the 1994 killing of police informant Ronald Lally. The decision cites IQ evidence and recent Ohio Supreme Court actions affecting death penalty eligibility, drawing mixed reaction from investigators and defense attorneys.
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Smith
Ronald Lally
Ohio Supreme Court
Clifton White
Akron
Ohio Shipwrecks Site Highlights Lake Erie's Sunken Vessels
A Ohio based project by Steve Fogarty and Ohio Sea Grant unveils www ohioshipwrecks.org detailing Lake Erie's wrecks. Financed by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission and the ODNR Office of Coastal Management, the site segments wrecks into four regions, including Lorain Vermilion with eleven sunken vessels.
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Buckeye
Ohio Lake Erie Commission
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Office of Coastal Management
Ohioshipwrecks
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County bureau to run May bus tour of local sites
Lorain County Visitors Bureau schedules May 14 daylong tour to showcase recent attractions. The trip starts at 8 30 a.m. with breakfast, visits Lorain Ford Plant space redevelopments, Premier Soccer Academy, Rose Cafe at Lakeview Park, Sandstone Center, and Jefferson 150 in Amherst, ending at 5 p.m.
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Travel Industry Association
Lynne Lisner
Lorain County
Lorain
Rose Cafe
Lakeview Park
Amherst Historical Society
Sandstone Center
Amherst
Lisner
Lorain Ford
Former Elyria officer Ligas trial delayed amid defense bid
Former Elyria police officer Vincent Ligas had his trial postponed as his lawyers failed to force the city police department onto the case. The defense sought to argue union activity tainted prosecutors and police, while Miraldi postponed to regroup. Duff would have testified, and the county prosecutor planned to call Will to discuss the facts. Ligas was fired in 2006 after a union complaint about his use of a union credit card.
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Vincent Ligas
Police Department
County Common Pleas Wightman
Ligas
Miraldi
Duff
Dennis Will
Mike Medders
Barrett resigns after exposing topless photo to class
State Rep. Matt Barrett admitted knowing the woman whose topless photos were found in his possession after resigning Thursday. Spokesman Phil Laken said Barrett, from Amherst, knew the woman but offered few details. Barrett had shown the image to about 20 Norwalk High School students during a lecture on how a bill becomes a law in October before the image appeared on his projector.
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Phil Laken
Ohio House
Joyce Beatty
Barrett
Amherst
Beatty
Columbus
Norwalk High School
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