Exonerated death row inmate can sue Ohio: state supreme court

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

(Reuters) - An Ohio man who spent six years on death row for a double murder he did not commit can pursue a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit against the state, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

Dale Johnston, 82, was found guilty in 1984 of murdering his stepdaughter and her fiance and sent to death row where he remained until his conviction was overturned in 1990.

He was released from prison after a court granted a motion to suppress his initial police interrogation and a series of rulings found that prosecutors failed to disclose key evidence and that testimony from a hypnotized witness was inadmissible.

Johnston sued Ohio for wrongful imprisonment in 1993, but a court ruled he had not proven he did not commit the murders.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/exonerated-death-row-inmate-sue-ohio-state-supreme-232718249.html

[TexasProgresive]

1. "a court ruled he had not proven he did not commit the murders."

A person does not have to prove innocence, the state must prove guilt. That judge should've been impeached and disbarred.

[Jake Stern]

2. Here, ladies and gentleman, is the reason

I oppose the death penalty.

[blackspade]

3. This is what makes Clinton's DP stance so troubling.

The death penalty has no place in a civilized progressive society.

[GGJohn]

5. +1000.

Couldn't have said better.

[Nye Bevan]

8. And Barack Obama's.

I'm very disappointed that he still supports the death penalty when he doesn't have to worry about being re-elected. I had hoped that he would evolve on this issue like he has evolved on marriage equality.

[colsohlibgal]

4. State Sanctioned Killings Are Wrong

Life for those who deserve it is harsh enough....and if they are later proved innocent they are not usually dead.

And those found innocent can't be paid enough.

[Third Doctor]

6. This is it

This is the reason I can never support the death penalty.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. Kick