MARIETTA — In an effort to curtail violent offenders leaving jail too soon and re-offending, a new Ohio law, which goes into effect on March 21, allows judges to give indefinite sentences with minimum ...

LIMA — A 2018 Ohio law that requires judges to sentence certain criminal offenders to indefinite prison sentences — and allows the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to hold inmates ...

A Bolton father who is on the run after learning he was to be indefinitely locked up in prison has appealed to the justice secretary to intervene in his case directly. Matthew Booth, 33, has already ...

On Christmas Eve morning last year, Sherry Smith was driving while intoxicated when her minivan slammed into a car, killing a 65-year-old passenger and seriously injuring the driver. Smith was ...