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SUPCO Declines To Hear Former Cop's Appeal

Summit County Prosecutor's Office

Summit County prosecutors are asking a judge to again imprison former Akron police captain Douglas Prade, who is fighting a ruling that reinstated his conviction for killing his ex-wife. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday decided not to hear his appeal. Prade served 15 years in prison before a judge ordered him released last year on the basis of bite-mark DNA testing. An appeals court earlier this year ruled the testing raised more questions than answers, and Prade's original conviction was based on overwhelming circumstantial evidence.

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.
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