Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) is the only single-issue death penalty repeal organization in Ohio. OTSE represents millions of Ohioans who oppose the death penalty, and we are the lead organization in the #NoDeathPenaltyOhio campaign to abolish Ohio’s capital punishment system.
Latest updates:
Op-Ed by Sister Helen Prejean in The Blade
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and noteworthy death penalty abolitionist has penned an op-ed featured in The Blade (Toledo) on April 29, 2025. Right: OTSE Executive Director Kevin Werner and Sister Helen Prejean pose for a photo together in Cincinnati, OH in April 2025. Read the full article here.
OTSE seeks two new organizers
Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE), a state-wide non-profit organization working to end the death penalty in Ohio, seeks to hire two new campaign organizers in the coming weeks. One organizer will support the new co-victim group announced at the press conference and the second organizer will work with each of OTSE’s key constituencies. Both new […]
OTSE releases new report
Ohioans to Stop Executions releases “The Human Cost of the Death Penalty.” The new report highlights the historic low capital indictments and use of the death penalty in Ohio. The report also explores recent trends and what actually happens to death-sentenced individuals. The report concludes “After four decades of trying to make the death penalty […]