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Taft City Council Retains Law Firm, 2 Councilman Refrain from Vote
After a late night special closed session meeting of the Taft City Council Tuesday, Mayor Dave Noerr emerged from the meeting and announced that the council had voted 3-0 to approve an agreement to hire a law firm to provide special professional services to the council.
The Taft Independent Fri, November 20, 2009 14:14 PM GMT Translate • More info

Strickland frees killer he says is innocent
Nearly three years into his administration, Gov. Ted Strickland yesterday released nearly 300 clemency decisions, freeing a Lucas County murderer, pardoning a former Chauncey village official on 30-year-old charges, and conditionally pardoning a Columbus lawyer who defrauded his clients of $1 million. The decisions were the governor's first on more than 700 clemency requests that had gone ...
The Columbus Dispatch Found 13 minutes ago Translate • More info

Toledo man gets clemency in '96 slaying
By JIM PROVANCE and ERICA BLAKE BLADE STAFF WRITERS COLUMBUS - Laverne Knighten will sit down with her son for a holiday meal this week for the first time in more than 12 years after Gov. Ted Strickland Monday commuted his prison sentence. "My son will be home for Thanksgiving. I'm so happy," said Mrs. Knighten of North Toledo, mother of Willie Knighten, Jr. "It's just the family. We had already ...
The Toledo Blade Found 17 minutes ago Translate • More info

Gov. Ted Strickland grants pardons or clemency to 78 people
Gov. Ted Strickland has granted pardons or commuted sentences for 78 people who committed crimes including drug abuse, forgery, theft, robbery and murder.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Found 10 hours ago Translate • More info

Strickland grants clemency to 78
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday granted clemency to 78 inmates, none of them on death row, after a painstaking review of three years of requests extending into his predecessor's term.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Found 11 hours ago Translate • More info

Gov. Ted Strickland grants clemency to 78 people
Gov. Ted Strickland announced that he is granting pardons or commuting the sentences for 78 of 296 people, covering clemency applications submitted from 2005 through 2007.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Found 12 hours ago Translate • More info

Strickland grants clemency to 78
Gov. Ted Strickland approved clemency today in 78 criminal cases, including commuting the life sentence of Willie Knighten, Jr., convicted for a 1996 murder in Lucas County.
The Columbus Dispatch Found 12 hours ago Translate • More info

Taft City Council Retains Law Firm, 2 Councilman Refrain from Vote
Councilman Paul Linder (right), Councilman Randy Miller (second right), Councilman Craig Noble (seated left), and City Clerk Louise Hudgens observe as Mayor Dave Noerr confers with City Attorney Kathy Gibson during a Taft City Council recess period.
The Taft Independent Thu, November 19, 2009 09:14 AM GMT Translate • More info

Gov grants clemency to 78 inmates
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland granted clemency to 78 people Monday, including a convicted murderer, after a painstaking review of three years of requests extending into his predecessor's term.
FOX Toledo Found 12 hours ago Translate • More info

Ohio governor grants clemency to 78 inmates
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday granted clemency to 78 inmates, none of them on death row, after a painstaking review of three years of requests extending into his predecessor’s term. Sixty-eight people, most of whom had already served their time, were granted pardons. Ten people had their sentences commuted; most of them are [...]
The Chronicle-Telegram Found 12 hours ago Translate • More info