An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill that would create an Innocence Commission to review claims of wrongful conviction. The proposal, advanced Oct. 26, seeks to enact a to-do list for a state task force, which spent two years analyzing state and national wrongful convictions. Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor appointed the group in response…

Wrongfully imprisoned in a 6-by-10 foot Ohio prison cell, Dean Gillispie let his mind and his artwork transport him to an even smaller world. He converted junk into miniature versions of places he wished he could be. Gillispie used “procured” materials—such as teabags, soda cans, and foil paper from cigarette packs—to make models of nostalgic…