The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the Reagan Tokes Act — a state law named for an Ohio State University student who was brutally murdered — as constitutional. The law allows the Ohio Department of ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Nearly five years after she was murdered, two Ohio prisoners are challenging the state law named after Reagan Tokes. Tokes, 21, was abducted, raped, and killed in February 2017 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a state law allowing prison officials to keep prisoners beyond their sentence if the prisoner violates the law while incarcerated is ...

The Reagan Tokes law links alleged behavior in prison to time served. People who break prison rules, especially for violent or sexual behavior, are kept beyond their minimum term. Elected judges play ...

COLUMBUS — The cases of two inmates who are challenging the power of corrections officials to extend their sentences under the Reagan Tokes Act were heard earlier this week by the Ohio Supreme Court.

A bill named after murdered Ohio State student Reagan Tokes cleared a major legislative hurdle. The Ohio House version of the Reagan Tokes Act was passed 83-3 during a floor vote Wednesday afternoon. ...

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