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Attorneys Examine Charging Decisions in Ohio County

By Steve Hall

Today's Toledo Blade reports, "Attorneys question capital-punishment decisions."  It's written by Erica Blake.After sifting through hundreds of criminal cases in 44 boxes of records, Anthony Belton's defense attorneys say they believe they have enough evidence to warrant questioning the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office about how it determines which defendants face the death penalty.Attorney Pete Rost said during a hearing yesterday in Common Pleas Court that a review of public records showed that only 26 of the 66 cases that could have been prosecuted as death penalty cases in the past 13 years in fact led to indictments as capital cases. He said that left 40 cases in which felony murder specifications existed but the prosecutor's office did not pursue the death penalty...continue to full post

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