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• Ohio to suspend death penalty system

  Richard Schulte | September 24, 2007 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Ohio should temporarily suspend executions to allow a review of the state's capital punishment system because of several flaws, including racial and geographic imbalances, a team of lawyers concluded in a study to be released Monday.''The state fails to provide adequate measures to protect defendants,'' ABA President William Neukom said in a statement. ''Nobody should be executed until the...

• No Constitutional Right to Experimental Medication

  Richard Schulte | August 10, 2007 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Congress and the FDA have met numerous times over recent years to discuss experimental medication and/or treatments to terminally ill patients. Judge Thomas Griffith's opinion in a recent case has provided the public with an insight as to where the law currently stands on such an issue. Terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to access experimental drugs, a divided federal...

• Ohio High Court Strikes Down Veto of Lead Paint Bill

  Richard Schulte | August 03, 2007 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  In a 5-2 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down Gov. Ted Strickland's veto of a bill prohibiting lawsuits against the the manufactures of lead paint.The legislation says paint manufacturers can't be sued under public nuisance laws, which some U.S. cities have used to try to force companies to help pay for the removal of lead-based paint in older homes. Strickland vetoed the bill because he...

• Woman Claims Starburst Candies Are Dangerously Chewy in Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | June 28, 2007 2:45 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A woman claims Starburst candies are so chewy, they should come with a warning label.The woman is suing Starburst's parent company, Mars Inc., for over $25,000 for "permanent personal injuries" she claims she sustained after biting into one of their candies in 2005."I'm not sure, maybe three chews and they literally locked my jaw... and it just literally pulled my jaw out of joint," she said.Her...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | April 03, 2007 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

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