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Ohio Families Against Disparate Sentences

Ohio Supreme Court overturns appeals court decisions in three separate cases related to post SB 2 legislation.

UPDATE -- JAN 13, 1999 -- In another defeat for prisoners litigating for equity in sentencing to SB 2 guidelines, the Ohio Supreme Court, using State v. Rush as its argument, today overturned appeals court decisions in Cuyahoga County that had allowed defendants convicted under pre-SB 2 statutes to serve time under SB 2 guidelines. Click below for link.

[Cite as STATE v RUSH(1998),__Ohio St.3d__.] -- OSCt denies any proposition that S.B 2 has any retroactive application under any section of old law or new law.

For the complete decision, go to the Ohio Supreme Court site, click on Opinions, click on 1998, scroll down to No. 97-1778, click and read.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10 part series on prosecutorial misconduct and the loss of the presumption of innocence in the US Federal court system is worth your while to read.

If the tactics of Ken Starr's prosecutorial team struck you as violative of guaranteed civil rights protection, and his nonchalant comments as to the "standard prosecutorial investigatory procedure" alarmed you, this series serves as an emergency flare in the darkness of our nation's current zealous pursuit of supposed wrongdoers in the War Against Crime that has been waging for over ten years. Read about the innocents wrongly prosecuted and imprisoned, all in the name of criminal justice. Just who are the real devils in this Faustian deliverance of our protected constitutional rights to the politically charged chambers of the prosecutor? Click here for link:

Win At All Costs by Bill Moushey

Recently, we received an email message about rumors circulating that the APA now has an option for TPVs.

Contained under Section 2967.141(B)(2) of the O.R.C., part of Amended Substitute SB 111 (eff March 17, 1998), the language is clear: The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, through its division of parole and community services, may operate or contract for the operation of one or more violation sanction centers as an alternative residential facility....A violation sanction center operated under authority of this division may be used for either of the following purposes. (2)Service of a sanction that the Adult Parole Authority or Parole Board imposes upon a parolee whom the Authority determines to be a parole violator because of a violation of the terms and conditions of the parolee's parole or conditional pardon.

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Ohio Revised Code

Please note the following links to read more about the Youngstown private prison, prison privatization industry, and the huge profits that make investing in this industry an inducement for its continued growth.

Youngstown's Deadly Bargain by David Phinney

Crime and Punishment by Ted Koppel

Americans With Disabilities Act applies to state prisons

What this means is if a loved one of yours has been denied entry into a prison program because of physical limitations or mental health reasons, you have grounds for a legal suit against the state department of corrections for violating the ADA.

CURE-OHIO NEW WEB ADDRESS now available here -- see below.

Apologies to all who have come seeking info at the FADS site and have left disappointed. Updates have been lacking and communications have been very limited due to several changes of location. We shall be back up with timely info on the progress of SB 149, judicial decisions in regards to pre-SB 2 sentences, and other Ohio prisoner advocate info. If you have accurate information on these or other prison issues, please contact us.

Families -- Senate Bill 182 is now here. Click on link below

The hue and cry against crime and for more prisons must be subordinate to the demand for BETTER SCHOOLS with MORE FUNDING for BETTER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN!! Let your legislator know what your priorities are. Tell them a vote for Parole Reform is a vote for A Better Future for Ohio's Children. Urge your local Congressional voice to sponsor this most important issue. UPDATE -- According to reliable sources, Sen. Louis Blessing will be introducing legislation for parole reform during 123rd Session. For info, contact his office.

Prisoners do not all support SB 149, believing it does not go far enough. While we share their beliefs, FADS must inform the reader that bill passing process is often long and tedious. Amendments that address many of the concerns of the prisoner's letter will be introduced for consideration. You, the reader, be you family member, friend or foe of prisoners' rights, should read both and decide which you believe will achieve the objective of bringing equity to sentencing and justice to the parole process in Ohio.

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