Entries tagged with “Connie Pillich”
Dec 17, 2025
Ohio Prosecutors Dismiss Case Against Elwood Jones Nearly 30 Year After Wrongful Conviction
Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich formally dismissed the case against Elwood Jones on December 12, 2025, ending a nearly 30-year saga that saw Mr. Jones spend 27 years on Ohio’s death row for a murder he did not commit.“I did not take this extraordinary step lightly,” said Prosecutor Pillich.“But after reviewing the evidence, I am not convinced that Mr. Jones killed Rhoda Nathan.” Mr. Jones, now 57, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1994 murder…
Sep 09, 2025
Ohio Appeals Court Rules Prosecutors Cannot Use Witness Testimony in Retrial of Elwood Jones
In late August 2025, the First District Court of Appeals of Ohio ruled that Hamilton County prosecutors cannot use prior witness testimony in their retrial of Elwood Jones, who was on Ohio’s death row for 27 years until he was granted a new trial in December 2022. Mr. Jones was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Rhoda Nathan in a Blue Ash, Ohio, hotel in 1994, despite consistently maintaining his innocence. In 2022, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court…