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Is Justice For Sale In Ohio? An Examination Of Ohio Judicial Elections And Suggestions For Reform Focusing On The 2000 Race For The Ohio Supreme Court, Kara Baker
Akron Law Review
“Is justice for sale in Ohio?” asked a television advertisement in October 2000. Another advertisement informed voters that “today in Ohio, instructors teach and students learn, in spite of Justice Alice Resnick.” These advertisements are examples of the derogatory judicial campaigning that is becoming prevalent in the United States.
Part II of this comment will focus on the 2000 Ohio Supreme Court campaign between Alice Robie Resnick and Terrence O’Donnell as an example of current problems in judicial campaigning. The effect of this campaign and of similar other campaigns on the judicial system and public perceptions of justice will be …
Calculating Credibility: State V. Sharma And The Future Of Polygraph Admissibility In Ohio And Beyond, Vincent V. Vigluicci
Calculating Credibility: State V. Sharma And The Future Of Polygraph Admissibility In Ohio And Beyond, Vincent V. Vigluicci
Akron Law Review
Almost a century after its inception, the polygraph test remains one of the most fascinating forms of evidence. Firmly entrenched in popular mythology, the polygraph offers the promise of calculating truth and credibility with scientific certainty, a proposition that continues to capture the public’s imagination. At the same time, the polygraph has also been viewed with great trepidation as a flawed and dangerous instrument of oppression. Commonly called a “lie detector,” the polygraph does not actually detect lying; it measures subtle changes in blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and the skin’s resistance to electricity that are thought to result from the …
A Tribute To The Honorable Sam H. Bell ('52), Richard L. Aynes, Margaret Andreeff Matejkovic
A Tribute To The Honorable Sam H. Bell ('52), Richard L. Aynes, Margaret Andreeff Matejkovic
Akron Law Review
The late Judge Sam H. Bell (’52) saw the powerful effect of, and beauty in, words. He wrote and spoke them with precision, with thoughtfulness, and with compassion. And he listened intently to the words of others—to the words of all people from all walks of life. His fundamental humanity, great kindness, and assiduous pursuit of knowledge through perusing of the philosophies, the histories, and the literature of the law permeated his choice of words in his speeches and writings. It is because of these and other qualities of Judge Bell’s character as a man and as a judge that …
Why The Judicial Elections Debate Matters Less Than You Think: Retention As The Cornerstone Of Independence And Accountability, Layne S. Keele
Why The Judicial Elections Debate Matters Less Than You Think: Retention As The Cornerstone Of Independence And Accountability, Layne S. Keele
Akron Law Review
This Article attempts to reframe the age-old judicial election arguments into a discussion about the importance of the retention decision, in order to draw out the areas of true disagreement in the judicial independence/judicial accountability debate. I argue that the core difficulties in balancing the desire for judicial independence with the desire for judicial accountability stem primarily from the judicial retention decision, regardless of whether retention is obtained by some form of reelection or through a form of reappointment. I then propose a two-term system for putting judges on state high courts, in which (1) high court judges sit for …