Ohio court grants stay for ex-cop who was freed

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's highest court is temporarily blocking a ruling that says a former police captain should have been kept in prison even after his conviction in his ex-wife's killing was overturned.

The state Supreme Court granted the request for a stay today, the same day former Akron officer Douglas Prade was jailed under orders from a county judge. It wasn't immediately clear whether the 67-year-old Prade would be released.

Prade served nearly 15 years and was freed in 2013 when a judge decided new DNA testing of a bite mark proved he didn't kill his ex-wife. But an appeals court concluded Wednesday that the test didn't give a clear answer.

Prade's attorneys have fought to keep him free while he appeals. Prosecutors want him returned to prison.