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Senior Judge Curtis Collier in Chattanooga allowed the prosecutors to play the tapes over strenuous objections from Hazelwood s lawyers and counsel for Wombold and Jones.
Collier told jurors when the tapes were played in January 2018 that they had limited evidentiary use and applied only to Hazelwood, who had made millions while rising through Pilot s leadership ranks.
Defense for all three, however, said the tapes crossed the line, creating such a negative impression that jurors wouldn t be able to give them a fair trial.
Suhrheinrich and Murphy agreed.
Government prosecutor Trey Hamilton made a bid to get them to change their mind. With Wednesday s ruling, the judges made clear they weren t going to do that.
An appellate panel found the boy’s suicide was plainly foreseeable, especially considering the school’s guidelines on bullying include suicide as a risk.
Gabriel Taye killed himself in January 2017 after being bullied at Carson Elementary School in Cincinnati. (Photo via Gabriel B. Taye Foundation/Facebook)
CINCINNATI (CN) A Sixth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that Cincinnati school officials are not entitled to governmental immunity from civil rights claims brought by the estate of an 8-year-old who took his own life after repeated bullying.
The federal appeals court affirmed a ruling by U.S. District Judge Timothy Black, who refused to dismiss claims against the principal and vice principal of Carson Elementary School, among others.
REMINDER of DEPC and OJPC and CCRC drafting contest: Re-Imagining Second Chances : Improving Ohio’s Re-Entry Provisions
A few weeks ago in this post I noted the on-going drafting contest sponsored by a partnership of the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, the Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC), and the Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC). Here are the basic details draft from this web page (where you can find this longer official announcement):
About the Contest
With the goal of furthering the ongoing debate of how “second chance” mechanisms can be improved in Ohio, the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, the Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC), and the Collateral Consequences Resource Center are sponsoring a contest for law students and recent law-school graduates. Specifically, entrants are encouraged to submit a proposal and accom
Getting Explicit About Implicit Bias
The title of this post is the title of this effective extended discussion published in the latest issue of
Judicatre. which understandibly give particular attention to research regarding criminal case processing. The piece s preamble explains that, to better understand the effect of implicit bias in the courtroom, Judge Bernice Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit talked with Professors Jeffrey Rachlinski and Andrew Wistrich of Cornell Law School. The whole discussion is interesting, and here are some excerpts:
Implicit bias can play a role at every stage of the process, from the first encounter a suspect has with the police through criminal sentencing. Police might be more inclined to arrest Black suspects and prosecutors might be more apt to pursue cases against Black defendants. Furthermore, judges might be given different information about Black defendants than white defendants. With disparities at