A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a death penalty case prosecuted by Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich because the FBI paid a key witness $750 but the witness lied about it under oath. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the prosecutor had a duty to disclose the payment instead of allowing the witness to commit perjury.
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Court considers constitutionality of Ohio execution process
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday over the constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection process as the state tries to start carrying out executions once again. At issue is whether a contested sedative, midazolam, is powerful enough to put inmates into a deep state of unconsciousness before two subsequent drugs paralyze them and stop their hearts.
Court upholds judge’s order blocking Ohio execution details
A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s order blocking death row inmates from information about Ohio’s new lethal injection process. Friday’s 2-1 decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will help determine whether Ohio will proceed with its first executions in three years beginning in February.
Appeals court weighs Ohio law shielding lethal drugs source
The pending decision by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will help determine whether Ohio will proceed with its first executions in three years beginning in February. Ohio plans to execute Ronald Phillips on Feb. 15 for raping and killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in 1993.
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A federal appeals court is weighing a challenge by death row inmates of an Ohio law that shields the names of companies that provide lethal injection drugs. The pending decision by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will help determine whether Ohio will proceed with its first executions in three years beginning in February.
State still must deliver water to Flint residents, federal court rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied a request by the state and by the city of Flint to stop an order requiring the state to immediately provide water delivery services to Flint residents at no cost. The decision came after state and city officials appealed an order from a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction ordering the state to have bottled water delivered to Flint residents unless officials can prove there is an operating, properly-installed water filter in their home – a move that state officials say may cause other water crisis efforts to suffer.