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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
 

Stun-gun maker wants Ohio judge to zap its weapon as a cause of death in three cases.
By M.L. Schultze - April 22, 2008
The company that makes Tasers often gets dragged into court. Families have filed dozens of lawsuits claiming the stun-gun-type weapons kill. But it's Taser International that filed the lawsuit being heard this week in Summit County court. It wants a judge to override the county medical examiner - changing her rulings in three deaths from homicide to accidental. It also wants the judge to cross Taser off the record as a cause of death. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more.
M.L. Schultze reports (3:34)


 
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