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| Inmate Found Competent To Stand Trial for Slaying Officer |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/03/2003 |
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A prison inmate has been found competent to stand trial a second time in the slaying of a officer during the 1993 riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Fred Cartolano issued the ruling January 24, meaning 46-year-old James Were can be tried on a charge of aggravated murder in the death of Robert Vallandingham. Were had been convicted of killing Vallandingham and sentenced to death in 1995, but he was granted a new trial last year by the Ohio Supreme Court because he never received a psychiatric evaluation. Vallandingham was the only officer killed in the eleven-day uprising at the prison in Lucasville a decade ago. Were is still serving a 15 to 65-year sentence for aggravated robbery and felonious assault. |
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