Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association

Thanks again for making the trip!

Director Tobin testified during the House Children and Human Services committee yesterday on our opposition to a single segment of HB647, that gives the Attorney General concurrent authority with local prosecutors to prosecute a criminal violation of Ohio’s child-care law. Written testimony is available at https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/committees/cmte_h_children_human_services_1/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-03-1100_1117/testimony/14632/uploaded-doc/

Thank you to Gallia County Prosecutor Jason Holdren for making the trip to Columbus to present proponent testimony on HB654 which increases the penalties for abuse of a co**se.

Thanks to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office Mike O'Malley along with APAs Van and Filiatraut for once again making the trip to Columbus this morning to provide proponent testimony before the Ohio House of Representatives Judiciary Committee regarding Senate Bill 295.

“There’s no more important job right now than being a lawyer,” ONU Law Dean Charles Rose told a room of law students, faculty, and staff.

Rose, who recently authored an article for the Toledo Law Review, spoke about the role of law schools in the 21st century. He noted that pressures on legal education are at their highest point in recent history, while democracy and the concept of self-rule face increasing strain.

Beyond politics, Rose pointed to rapidly evolving technology and artificial intelligence as forces reshaping the legal profession. He discussed the purpose of law schools, the challenge of inspiring public engagement with the Constitution, and the responsibility of future attorneys to place the greater good above personal gain.

His message to aspiring lawyers was clear: always do the right thing — even when no one else is looking.

“If you’re paroling the worst of the worst inmates and you’re losing the worst of the worst inmates, it’s a problem,” Vinocur said.

More than 1,700 offenders are missing from post-release supervision in Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – More than 1,700 offenders in Ohio are missing from post-release supervision, including a Franklin County man who was in prison for the fatal beating of an 8-month-old infant…

Mercer County Prosecutor Erin Minor joined Kevin Sandler on Spectrum to break down some of the biggest questions the public has about the criminal justice system, especially plea agreements and sentences that people sometimes feel are too lenient. https://www.wcsmradio.com/index.php/news/81339/15/Mercer-County-Prosecutor-Erin-Minor-Explains-Plea-Deals-Sentencing-and-Why-Some-Cases-Look-Different-From-the-Outside

“I was looking at the legal system to do their job that they told us at the courts that he was going to be on death row and eventually put down,” she said. “I just wouldn’t wish this upon anybody. It’s a club that I didn’t really want to be a part of.”

Victims’ families speak out as death penalty in Ohio remains on pause COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – More than 20 years after their loved ones were murdered in central Ohio, Becky Rodeniser and Jennifer Conley are still waiting for the state to execute the convicted killers…

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/25/editorial-lenient-judges-lax-parole-boards-imperil-communities/

Editorial: Lenient judges, lax parole boards imperil communities Soft-on-crime judges and lax parole boards must be held accountable. Justice for victims has to be more than a fleeting hope.

Prosecutor O'Malley stayed in town to stand with families of fallen officers who were providing proponent testimony in the House Judiciary Committee on HB 372, which would enact the Larry Henderson Act to specify that the penalty for aggravated murder for an adult offender is death or life without the possibility of parole if the victim is a peace officer, prosecutor, first responder,or military member. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office Prosecutor Michael O'Malley, and APA Kevin Filiatraut, and APA Dan Van made the trip down from Cleveland to provide proponent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on SB295. This bill closes a dangerous loophole in current law violent offenders exploit by refusing medication or stalling the restoration process.

Director Tobin testified in the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Association's opposition to HB 296 that delays the financial sanctions associated with a felony conviction for 180 days after release from prison or completion of transitional control.