Five death penalty cases were reassigned from Judge Walter Rice’s docket yesterday by Southern Ohio District Court Chief Judge Sandra Beckwith.
Judge Rice has faced criticism from supporters of the death penalty for some time who think his deliberations are too lengthy, making it difficult for local prosecutors to retry cases overturned by appeals, but Beckwith was quoted as saying that Rice had a very heavy docket and that it “seemed logical to give him some relief,” not because of any complaints made of the judge’s handling of capital cases.
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