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Potential Ohio AG candidate talking about speeding up capital appeals

By Douglas A. Berman

On the heels of this week's official state report on Ohio's capital cases come this local news of a potential Ohio Attorney General candidate talking about his commitment to speed the path of condemned killers to the execution chamber: Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost made an unofficial campaign stop for Ohio Attorney General Friday, telling fellow Republicans if he decides to run and is elected he would speed up the death penalty appeals process.... Yost hasn't officially declared his candidacy for Ohio Attorney General next year but it's a strong likelihood given the fact he's traveling the state speaking to groups such as local Republicans at its monthly lunch. Yost said the death penalty process in Ohio is bogged down once cases get to federal court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 04, 2009 (boomark / email).