Ohio extends maximum competency-restoration commitment to five years
Gov. Mike DeWine signed SB 295, extending Ohio's maximum competency-restoration commitment period from one year to five years for aggravated murder, murder, and other offenses eligible for a life sentence. The bill was driven in part by the case of a man who killed a Cleveland police officer and remained unrestored under the previous one-year cap.
The law took a different approach than most of the reforms in this backfill, which have generally focused on shortening wait times rather than lengthening commitment periods — reflecting concern about defendants in the most serious cases being released without ever facing trial.
Source: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signs SB 295 into law — Cleveland 19 News, by Julia Thyret and Brian Koster
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