Ohio Court of Claims
Millions paid out to Ohioans who were wrongfully convicted, imprisoned
The state of Ohio will pay a Cleveland man nearly half a million dollars as compensation for wrongly imprisoning him for nearly two decades. Anthony Lemons will receive $491,000 for the 17 years he spent in prison following a wrongful conviction for murder in 1995. Lemons is among a growing list of exonerated former prisoners […]
UC police records of sex offender not protected under student privacy law, court says
The University of Cincinnati didn’t have the right to keep records of a student who was a convicted sex offender out of public view, according to the Ohio Court of Claims. After student William Houston was awarded an honor given to student who have had to overcome adversity, the university was criticized for the award, […]