Jim Petro

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On January 30, 2006, Petro announced that Joy Padgett would be his running mate for the Governor's position. Padgett, a Republican state senator from Coshocton, Ohio, was selected after Petro's first running mate, Hamilton County Commissioner Phil Heimlich, dropped out of the campaign to run for re-election as Commissioner of Hamilton County.

Petro was defeated in the May 2, 2006, primary by Ken Blackwell, Ohio's then-Secretary of State.

Petro became the first attorney general in the country to intervene in a case spearheaded by the Innocence Project, a non-profit legal clinic that pioneered the use of DNA testing to prove wrongful conviction. The case exonerated Clarence Elkins, a family man with no prior criminal record who had been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his mother-in-law.[ citation needed ]

After his involvement in subsequent high-profile cases including Dean Gillispie. Petro and his wife Nancy co-authored False Justice: Eight Myths that Convict the Innocent, which raises questions regarding the fairness of the American justice system and identifies flaws in how police and prosecutors handle evidence, especially in capital cases. The book also examines how the authors believe DNA evidence has played a critical role in exonerating convicted people and highlight what the authors call the unreliability of eyewitness testimony.[ citation needed ]

Board of Regents

Petro was appointed chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents in March 2011 by Governor John Kasich. Chancellor Petro leads the University System of Ohio, which is one of the largest comprehensive systems of public higher education in the nation. The University System of Ohio bears the primary responsibility for raising Ohioans' educational attainment. [1]

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  1. Governor's office press release Archived January 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . Ohio.gov (February 2011). Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
Jim Petro
Jim Petro, January 11, 2013 (cropped).jpg
46th Attorney General of Ohio
In office
January 5, 2003 January 8, 2007
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 6th district

January 3, 1981 – May 22, 1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 6th district

January 2, 1987 – December 31, 1990
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Auditor of Ohio
1990, 1994, 1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for Attorney General of Ohio
2002
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas E. Ferguson
Auditor of Ohio
January 9, 1995 – January 5, 2003
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Ohio
January 5, 2003 – January 8, 2007
Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University System of Ohio
2011–2013
Succeeded by