The death-penalty case of a man accused of murdering two Westerville Division of Police officers could be the first in Ohio to allow jurors to hear victim-impact statements if they reach the point of recommending a sentence of life or death. Attorneys for Quentin L. Smith, 32, had filed a motion asking that such statements be prohibited. But a Franklin County judge on April 19 agreed with prosecutors who argued that victims have a right to address the jury during the sentencing phase under Marsy's Law, a constitutional amendment by Ohio voters approved in November 2017...
