Comment on Ex-Akron police captain Douglas Prade ordered back to prison

Out of jail. In jail. Out of jail. In jail.That has been the whirlwind journey of former Akron Police Capt. Douglas Prade in the past year and a half. He was ordered back behind bars again Friday afternoon, walking into court a free man and leaving in handcuffs.Prade, dressed in a short-sleeved burgundy dress shirt and no tie, showed no emotion as Summit County Common Pleas Judge Christine Croce ruled that he should again be incarcerated pending a decision from the appellate court about whether he should be granted a new trial for the murder of his ex-wife.“You are now again convicted and sentenced to spend your natural life in prison,” Croce said.Croce’s decision was celebrated by the family of Dr.