TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 5, 2019

Attorneys for death row inmate Leroy Hall Jr. on Monday argued that his conviction should be vacated after “newly discovered evidence” proves one of the jurors in his trial was biased. Hall was convicted in 1992 of first-degree murder in the burning death of his estranged girlfriend, Traci Crozier, and was scheduled to be executed in December. Hall’s defense claims the juror failed to disclose that she had been a victim of domestic violence and rape during the jury selection process, therefore denying Hall his right to a fair and impartial jury. Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole set the next court date for Nov. 14. Read more from the Times Free Press.