State v. Keenan

{¶ 16} As the majority aptly notes, it is an understatement to describe the history of this case as “long and complex.” Majority opinion at ¶ 6. Almost 24 years after Anthony Klann’s death, for which Thomas Keenan was convicted and sentenced to death, a federal court found that the state of Ohio’s “serious and disturbing violations” of its constitutional obligation to produce all exculpatory information in its possession and its “continued * * * stonewall[ing] for nearly twenty years after” Keenan’s trials violated Keenan’s right to due process. Keenan v. Bagley, N.D.Ohio No. 1:01 CV 2139,…