AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s highest court is temporarily
blocking a ruling that says a former police captain should have been
kept in prison even after his conviction in his ex-wife’s killing was
overturned.
The state Supreme Court granted the request for a stay
Thursday, the same day former Akron officer Douglas Prade (PRAYD’) was
jailed under orders from a county judge. It wasn’t immediately clear
whether the 67-year-old Prade would be released.
Prade served
nearly 15 years and was freed in 2013 when a judge decided new DNA
testing of a bite mark proved he didn’t kill his ex-wife. But an appeals
court concluded Wednesday that the test didn’t give a clear answer.
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s highest court is temporarily
blocking a ruling that says a former police captain should have been
kept in prison even after his conviction in his ex-wife’s killing was
overturned.
The state Supreme Court granted the request for a stay
Thursday, the same day former Akron officer Douglas Prade (PRAYD’) was
jailed under orders from a county judge. It wasn’t immediately clear
whether the 67-year-old Prade would be released.
Prade served
nearly 15 years and was freed in 2013 when a judge decided new DNA
testing of a bite mark proved he didn’t kill his ex-wife. But an appeals
court concluded Wednesday that the test didn’t give a clear answer.