October 20, 2021
Cincinnati Edition’s Michael Monk spoke with Nate Ela PhD, assistant professor of political science and law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and Dan Horn, an investigative reporter with the Cincinnati Enquirer about a lawsuit claiming a housing abatement program in the city of Cincinnati is discriminatory.
November 9, 2021
The University of Cincinnati was in the national spotlight with ESPN’s College GameDay and Good Morning America featuring the UC Bearcat football team's rise in football ranking. UC defeated the University of Tulsa on the football field during Homecoming.
November 15, 2021
UC College of Law Dean Verna Williams spoke with Fox 19 News and the Cincinnati Business Courier about progress being made on a $45.6 million project to provide a new home for the College of Law.
November 2, 2021
A conviction in a case involving Alan J. Butts is being challenged by the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati. Butts was convicted of murder in 2003 for what the state argued at the time was the shaken-baby death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son. Prosecutors are opposing a motion for a new trial by Butts, 40, who is serving a sentence of 15 years to life.
January 20, 2022
Richard Horton, 45, of Columbus, Ohio, is the 34th individual freed after wrongful conviction due to the work of the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati.
November 17, 2021
The University of Cincinnati College of Law is partnering with the Ohio Justice and Policy (OJPC) Center to expand the Ohio Governor’s Expedited Pardon Project and reach more potential pardon candidates in the state of Ohio.
January 31, 2022
Richard Horton, an Ohio Innocence Project client, and Brian Howe, an OIP attorney, speak to BNC News about an Ohio judge granting a Horton a new trial stemming from a 2006 conviction for armed robbery.
January 13, 2022
As the U.S. Supreme Court weigh possible restrictions on abortion law University of Cincinnati faculty members, Jenn Dye, PhD, and Michelle McGowan, PhD, discuss the implications of a high court ruling with WVXU's Cincinnati Edition.
March 14, 2022
Isaiah Andrews, an 84-year-old Cleveland man and Ohio Innocence Project client, was found wrongfully convicted of murder by an Ohio court. The designation allows Andrews to seek damages from the state of Ohio after spending 45 years wrongfully imprisoned a crime he did not commit. OIP attorneys helped to free Andrews and allow him to clear his name.
March 22, 2022
Confirmation hearings are underway for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. and is now under consideration for the U.S. Supreme Court. She would be the first Black woman to serve on the high court and would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Verna Williams, Dean and Nippert Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, spoke with local media about President Biden's choice for the high court.