I’m a UC grad who worked as a journalist in Greater Cincinnati before returning to UC as a public information officer. I cover news, research and stories out of UC’s College of Law and College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology.
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January 4, 2021
Don Caster, an attorney with the University of Cincinnati College of Law and Ohio Innocence Project, says the federal government tends to only take on cases in can win in regards to Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld's motion to dismiss federal charges against him.
December 7, 2020
University of Cincinnati College of Law graduates who took the summer and fall bar exam in Ohio outperformed the state average, reports Crain’s Cleveland Business.
December 3, 2020
Three Black men who served a combined 76 years in prison for crimes they did not commit before they were exonerated with help from the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law are featured by The Columbus Dispatch in a look at how even when people of color reclaim their freedom, they aren’t free from the racism that awaits them.
December 2, 2020
The city of Cleveland will pay a man who was wrongfully convicted of aggravated murder and spent 11 years in prison before he was freed with the help of the Ohio Innocence Project $4.85 million to settle a lawsuit he filed against two city homicide detectives, reports U.S. News & World Report.
December 2, 2020
On Dec. 7, University of Cincinnati honors students in the Save our Schools! seminar will present Ohio political leaders with their best ideas to address some of the state’s thorniest education issues at an educational reform symposium, to be held via remote technology.
November 30, 2020
University of Cincinnati College of Law alumnus Judge Robert S. Marx was pivotal in launching the Disabled Veterans of America organization, which celebrates 100 years this year. The UC Law Library is named after Marx.
November 30, 2020
Despite being released from prison on parole for robbery, David Rawls is determined to clear his name. The Ohio Innocence Project is assisting him in his effort.
November 30, 2020
Ohio Court News covers a recent forum by the UC Ohio Innocence Project covering issues of racial fairness and wrongful convictions.
November 25, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden will be the first U.S. president since University of Cincinnati College of Law alumnus William Howard Taft to graduate from a law school outside the nation’s top 14 ranked law schools, reports the American Bar Association Journal.
November 24, 2020
Attorneys with the Ohio Innocence Project hope new evidence in the case of Michael Sutton and Kenny Phillips will lead to their release.