Ryan Widmer found guilty of murder
Ryan Widmer was found guilty of murder, a jury determined Tuesday after spending 12 hours deliberating over two days. Following the verdict, Widmer immediately collapsed on the table, holding his head...
View ArticleWill there be a fourth Ryan Widmer murder trial?
An attorney for Ryan Widmer has filed a motion requesting a new trial for the Mason man convicted in the 2008 drowning of his wife, Sarah. Widmer’s lawyer, Michele Berry, filed court documents today...
View ArticleWidmer’s chance of new trial ‘fair’ at best, say legal experts
Legal experts who’ve followed the Ryan Widmer case say the chances of the convicted Mason man getting a fourth trial are “fair” at best. Attorneys for Widmer, who was convicted in February in the 2008...
View ArticleCourt rejects more time for Widmer appeal
Paul McKibben reports: The Ohio 12th District Court of Appeals will not grant Ryan Widmer’s defense team more time to appeal his February murder conviction. “The 12th District (and any appellate court...
View ArticleWidmer lawyers: Bathtub seized improperly
Janice Morse reports: Was Ryan Widmer’s murder conviction “a manifest miscarriage of justice?” In an appeal filed Monday lawyers for Widmer allege that a jury lost its way and that authorities made...
View ArticleThree-judge panel reviewing Widmer conviction
Janice Morse reports: Ryan Widmer’s fight for a fourth murder trial is shifting to a bigger battleground: the Ohio 12th District Court of Appeals in Middletown, which handles cases from an eight-county...
View ArticleWidmer hearing focuses on bathtub
Michele Berry, appeal attorney for Ryan Widmer, shows a photo of the space where Widmer's bathtub was ripped out of from his Hamilton Township home in 2008. Berry says police had no right to remove the...
View ArticleProsecutors oppose Widmer appeal
Janice Morse reports: Jurors in the Ryan Widmer murder case were provided with all the information they needed to make a sound decision, prosecutors say, arguing that the lead detective’s alleged...
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