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The Portage County Legal News
The Portage County Legal News is a daily publication devoted to legal, financial, real estate and general news. Designated by the Federal, County and Municipal Courts as the Official Law Journal of Portage County, Ohio.
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Court rules offender ineligible for judicial release
An Ohio appeals court wrongly granted judicial release to an offender serving a 15–50 year “indefinite” prison sentence for crimes committed in 1995, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Daniel Staffrey is ineligible for judicial release. A Mahoning County trial c ... (full story)