A lot has changed in the McDonald family since 1995, but one thing hasn’t: Dewitt McDonald Jr. maintaining he is innocent of the felony crimes that put him behind bars,
“He’s missed countless baseball games, football games, basketball games and we can’t get that time back,” said McDonald’s son, Dewitt Mcdonald III. “My dad has had the same story since I was 5 years old. His story has never changed. His story never changes. All stories have changed around him and he has maintained his innocence.”
McDonald’s lawyer said his sentencing indicated that he would be eligible for parole after 20 years behind bars, which was 2015. But the Ohio Attorney General’s office argued that he had no chance of parole until 36 years spent behind bars. The Attorney General’s office appealed that decision but was dismissed by an appellate court. Earlier this week, that same judge granted McDonald’s lawyer request for habeas corpus and an immediate release of McDonald.
The attorney general’s office filed an appeal for the release and an emergency stay order to keep McDonald in prison until the appeal hearing.
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