Kasich grants clemency to Cleveland woman who killed abusive ex-boyfriend

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Gov. John Kasich has commuted the prison sentence of a Cleveland woman convicted in 2005 of murdering her ex-boyfriend who she said abused her for years. Thomia Hunter’s lawyer, Tiffanny Smith, on Wednesday morning received a copy of Kasich’s letter that officially severed the remainder of Hunter’s sentence after 15 years in prison. The letter, dated Monday, sets Hunter’s release date as July 15, as long as she completes a re-integration program run by the

OHIO STATE REP: IF POLICE TASE OR SHOOT A CHILD, SHE PROBABLY ACTED ‘STUPID’ OR WAS ‘A PUNK

Cincinnati police officer Kevin Brown’s decision to fire a Taser at an 11-year-old girl suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store in August immediately drew criticism from city officials and advocates. But Ohio state Representative John Becker had a different take. Had it been his daughter, he announced in an August newsletter, “I’d be ashamed and embarrassed that she did something stupid enough to get herself tased.” Becker’s remarks appeared in his newsletter “Beckerism