Appeals Court Rejects New Trial Request From Former Akron Cop

Akron Police Department

An Ohio appeals court has denied former Akron Police Captain Douglas Prade's request for a new trial for the murder of his wife. 

The court upheld a Summit County judge's decision, ruling new evidence in the case would not sway a jury. The Ohio Innocence Project presented new DNA results it says rule him out as the killer. Prade is 21 years into a life sentence for killing Margo Prade. 

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.