Legal Opinion
State v. Sanders
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided July 18, 2001No. 98-1209PublishedCited by 235 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoyer, C.J.
During the 1993 prison riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (“SOCF”) at Lucasville, Correctional Officer Robert Vallandingham was murdered on the orders of appellant, Carlos Sanders (n.k.a. Siddique Abdullah Hasan). Sanders was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death.
Facts
In 1993, the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (“DRC”) ordered that all prison inmates be tested for tuberculosis. Sanders was the acknowledged imam (spiritual leader) of a group of Muslims at SOCF. He protested DRC’s order, claiming that the testing method violated Islamic law. On April 5,…
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