09 October 2017 :

Ohio Supreme Court overturns the death sentence of Joseph Thomas. The knife collection of a man accused of raping and killing a female bartender should not have been introduced into evidence at trial because the weapons weren't used in the slaying, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday as it overturned the conviction and death sentence of the accused. The ruling sends the case of Thomas back to northeastern Ohio's Lake County for a new trial. Thomas, 33, White, was convicted and sentenced to death in 2012 for the slaying of Annie McSween 2 years earlier. Prosecutors say Thomas attacked the 49-year-old McSween by her car after she asked him to leave the bar where she worked.