SUMMIT CO SENTENCING

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, THE SUMMIT COUNTY PROSECUTOR IS ARGUING FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF A MURDER CONVICTION THAT WAS RECENTLY OVERTURNED
THE SUMMIT COUNTY PROSECUTOR IS CHALLENGING AN APPEALS COURT RULING THAT OVERTURNED A WOMAN'S CONVICTION FOR MURDERING HER MOTHER. SYDNEY POWELL WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON BACK IN 2023 AFTER KILLING HER MOTHER, BRENDA POWELL, WITH AN IRON SKILLET AND STABBING HER MORE THAN 30 TIMES. HER CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED LAST DECEMBER. PROSECUTOR ELLIOTT KOLKOVICH SAYS THAT DECISION QUOTE GOES AGAINST MORE THAN A CENTURY OF PRECEDENT. END QUOTE. AND HE'S NOW ASKING THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO REINSTATE POWELL'S CONVICTION.