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Jan 14, 2023 · Elwood Jones was released Saturday after spending nearly three decades in prison. Jones was convicted for the 1994 murder of Rhoda Nathan but has maintained his innocence and fought to appeal his...
- Ohio death row inmate Elwood Jones will be released on bond ...
A man who sat on Ohio’s death row for almost three decades...
- Ohio death row inmate Elwood Jones will be released on bond ...
- Jones Under House Arrest
- Evidence Withheld
- 1996 Conviction
"I can't go out and sit on the front porch," Jones, 70, said in a Tuesday morning interview with TheCincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY Network, which highlighted his case in the fourth season of its investigative podcast Accused.Jones' release from county jail while awaiting a retrial set for early next year requires him to wear a GPS monit...
Hamilton County Judge Wende Cross overturned Jones' conviction in December, citing more than 4,000 investigative documents that prosecutors withheld from Jones' original defense team. Two prior rulings from the Supreme Court of the United States – 1963's Brady v. Maryland and 1996's Kyles v. Whitley – had established before Jones' conviction in Dec...
Jones was convicted in late 1996 of killing Nathan, a New Jersey grandmother who'd come to Cincinnati over Labor Day weekend in 1994 for a family friend's bar mitzvah, while she readied for the day in her Embassy Suites hotel room in Blue Ash. Jones was then employed at the hotel and was known to Hamilton County prosecutors because he had a prior r...
- Amber Hunt
- Investigative Reporter
Mar 14, 2023 · Every morning since his release from Ohio's death row, Elwood Jones has inched closer toward feeling somewhat free. He wakes up sometimes at 7 a.m. now rather than the 5 a.m. he was...
- Amber Hunt, Cincinnati Enquirer
Jan 14, 2023 · CINCINNATI (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) -Elwood Jones was released Saturday after spending nearly three decades in prison, according to our media partners at the Cincinnati Enquirer. Jones was...
Jan 13, 2023 · That means Jones’ new trial is not set until February 2024, and his next court appearance is in July. Officials confirmed he won’t be out until Saturday 10:30 a.m. due to how long it took...
Jan 13, 2023 · A man who sat on Ohio’s death row for almost three decades will be released Saturday after a judge ruled he didn't get a fair trial and is eligible for bond. Elwood Jones, convicted of a murder...
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Jan 9, 2021 · Jones, 68, was convicted in the September 1994 beating death of Rhoda Nathan, a 67-year-old guest at the Embassy Suites in Blue Ash, where Jones had worked in maintenance. His execution was...
