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Ohio Prison Officials Cannot Alter Jail-Time Credit Award
Loaded on March 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2003, page 26
The Court of Common Pleas of Marion County, Ohio, has granted release to an Ohio prisoner on habeas corpus after finding that Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) officials illegally altered a court sentencing entry to "correct" a perceived error in awarding jail-time credit. Issuance of the writ was not ...
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