The Marietta Timeshttp://www.mariettatimes.comTop Headlinesen-usSat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:59 EDTSat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:59 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssW.P. Snyder Jr. gets a send-offhttp://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/517507.htmlWith a team of experts on board and a crowd of well-wishers on the shore, the 91-year-old W.P. Snyder Jr. was towed away from Marietta Friday, just as the boat had towed hundreds of barges during its 37-year career.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:17 EDTDeath Penalty Debatehttp://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/517508.htmlAn unsuccessful attempt by Ohio prison officials to execute an inmate in September has led the state to grant at least four temporary stays of execution to other inmates on Death Row. Marietta attorney Dennis Sipe represents one of the men, who without the stay, was set to be executed Nov. 1.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:29:59 EDTNewport man faces charges over care of motherhttp://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/517509.htmlA Newport man, whose 80-year-old mother was discovered two months ago living in a Long Run Road home covered with animal feces, was indicted by a Washington County Grand Jury this week. The prosecutor's office announced Friday that Steven R.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:31:58 EDTMcConnelsville teen gets life in prison for murder of Malta womanhttp://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/517510.htmlWhile she believes God can forgive the young man who murdered her daughter, Peggy Matthews doesn't feel that mercy herself right now. In Morgan County Common Pleas Court Thursday, Matthews told Travis L. Fischer, 18, of McConnelsville, that if it were up to her, he would die for raping and murdering her daughter, Abi S. Matthews, a 35-year-old mother of three, on June .Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:34:08 EDTExtreme pressure for prosecutors in death penalty caseshttp://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/517527.htmlFor county prosecutors, death penalty cases can mean more time, more effort and more cost to the county that any other cases they may try. "It's the most extreme kind of criminal case you can have," said Michael Spahr, who served as Washington County prosecutor for 24 years and tried one capital murder case during that time.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:14:33 EDT