Ohio Public Defenders Office
Issue 1: Voters to decide whether judges would be required to consider public safety in setting bail
The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. Issue 1 on Ohio’s 2022 general election ballot will allow voters to determine if […]
Ohio Public Defenders call for systemic change in criminal justice system to address racism
About 50 lawyers, administrators and investigators from the Office of the Ohio Public Defender (OPD) circled Franklin Park on Monday afternoon, honoring the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by police, and protesting police violence and racial injustice in the courts. The demonstration in Columbus was one of several across the country organized […]