Wiseman received her bachelor\'s degree from Ball State University and her law degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. A Democrat, Wiseman was elected in 1998 to the Dayton City Commission, serving until 2002 when she declined to run for a second term. A lesbian, she was the first openly gay person elected to public office in Dayton.\n', '

With her appointment to the bench, Wiseman became the first openly gay judge in the history of the state of Ohio.\n', '

During her first year on the bench, Wiseman presided over the high-profile trial of China Arnold, a mother found guilty of burning her month-old baby to death in a microwave oven. In a case that made headlines around the world, Wiseman sentenced Arnold to life in prison without the possibility of parole.\n', '

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