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    Ahmad Fawzi Issa - Ohio




    Summary of Offense:

    On November 22, 1997, Andre Miles, at the instruction of Issa, murdered Maher and Ziad Khriss in a parking lot in front of Save-Way Supermarket in Cincinnati. Issa had hired Miles to kill Maher. He supplied him with the weapon and arranged the time and place of the murder. On the night of the murders, Miles hid behind the Save-Way, which was owned by Maher. When Maher returned with his brother, Ziad, Miles robbed them of their money and shot them both in the head.

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    On April 17, 2003, Issa filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohi...3cv00280/5616/

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    On September 21, 2015, Issa's habeas petition was DENIED in Federal District Court.

    https://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...00280/5616/218

    On October 22, 2015, Issa filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...ts/ca6/15-4147

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    On May 2, 2018, oral argument will be heard in Issa's appeal before the Sixth Circuit. The panel will be made up of Chief Judge Cole (Clinton), Senior Judge Merritt (Carter) and Judge Moore (Clinton).

    http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/sites/ca...302018_arg.pdf

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    In today's opinions, the Sixth Circuit VACATED Issa's conviction and REMANDED his case for a new trial.

    http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opin...8a0212p-06.pdf

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    In today's opinions, the Sixth Circuit DENIED the State of Ohio's petition for en banc rehearing.

    http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opin...8a0268p-06.pdf

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    As far as the 3 judge panel, this was doomed from the start. Merritt and Moore vote with the prisoner almost everytime. Perhaps this case will gather attention with a good certiorari petition. We all know how SCOTUS loves to reverse the 6th Circuit.

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    Supreme Court declines Ohio appeal on death row inmate

    CINCINNATI (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Ohio's appeal of a ruling throwing out a man's conviction and death sentence in the 1997 of a Cincinnati convenience store owner.

    The high court Monday let stand a 2018 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that agreed with attorneys for Ahmad Fawzi Issa that statements about his involvement in a murder-for-hire case were hearsay and violated his right to confront witnesses against him. He was convicted of arranging the shooting of Maher Khrais outside his store in 1997.

    Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters will have to decide whether to retry Issa, age 49. Otherwise, he could be released from the state prison where he's been held since 1998.

    A message for comment was left Monday for Issa's attorney.

    https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news...ath-row-inmate
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    Lawyers Working to Avoid Retrial of Man Just off Death Row

    Prosecutors and lawyers for a Jordanian man who spent two decades on Ohio's death row before his conviction was tossed said Thursday that they are trying to work out an agreement to avoid his retrial.

    Ahmad Fawzi Issa, 49, in jail stripes and handcuffs, pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder in Hamilton County court. He will remain jailed without bond. While the murder charge may end up being dropped, attorneys said Issa will face likely deportation to his homeland after this case is resolved.

    Issa was convicted in 1998 and sentenced to die for allegedly arranging the 1997 slaying of a Cincinnati convenience store owner. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year threw out his conviction, ruling that his constitutional right to confront witnesses against him was violated and that hearsay testimony was used to convict him.

    Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Ohio's appeal and gave the state 6 months to retry Issa or release him.

    Prosecutor Mark Piepmeier said it would be difficult to take the case to trial again after so many years, and that at least 2 of the original police investigators have died. He also said of three people charged in the case, Issa, the alleged middleman in a contract murder, got the strongest sentence in the slaying of store owner Maher Khriss.

    "The least morally culpable, in my mind, is the guy that got the death penalty," Piepmeier told The Associated Press. "It's kind of unjust."

    Judge J. Patrick Foley III scheduled a July 18 hearing for an update on the case.

    "Right now, he's pretty positive and upbeat," said Issa's defense attorney Timothy McKenna, who added that he is still reviewing the original case.

    Khriss' wife, Linda, was charged with hiring someone to kill him but was acquitted at her trial. Andre Miles was convicted of 2 counts of aggravated murder of Maher Khriss and his brother Ziad Khriss in the parking lot of Maher's store in the early morning hours of Nov. 22, 1997.

    Miles is serving life in prison without parole. Miles refused to testify at Issa's trial, in which other witnesses said Miles told them he was hired by Issa to kill the store owner.

    The appeals court said Miles' statements "are the only direct evidence implicating Issa in a murder for hire." The court's ruling also pointed out that Miles' friends said he often bragged and lied.

    (source: Associated Press)
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    Man who spent two decades on Ohio’s death row headed back to Jordan

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    A 49-year-old man who spent two decades on Ohio’s death row is headed back to his Middle East homeland.

    A Hamilton County judge, J. Patrick Foley III, on Friday accepted a plea agreement for defendant Ahmad Fawzi Issa. Issa pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 1997 contract slaying of a Cincinnati convenience store owner.

    The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday without details that Issa will be deported to Jordan.

    Issa was sentenced in death in 1998, but a federal appeals court threw out his conviction last year. It agreed with Issa’s attorneys that his constitutional right to confront witnesses against him was violated and that hearsay testimony was used to convict him.

    https://www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/man-w...ack-to-jordan/
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