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Want to Stop the Execution? Read this!
On Monday, OTSE’s executive director Kevin Werner and I met with the Governor’s Counsel who is preparing clemency materials for Governor Kasich regarding the execution scheduled for January 12, 2017. It’s going to take a lot of effort to get the Governor’s attention, but that is what we are doing – together! Here’s how: In […]
Action Steps to Stop the May 10th Execution
Here is a short list of one or more simple actions you can take yourself and in your community: #1 – Join the “No Need to Execute!” Governor Postcard Action. Click here to pre-order a set number of postcards your community will commit to get signed and send to the Governor. We’ll mail the cards to you by […]
Exoneration called ‘God’s providence’
The Rev. Neil Kookoothe and Joe D’Ambrosio, the man he helped free from 22 years on Ohio’s Death Row, speak to St. Francis DeSales High School students on Nov. 16 as part of a program sponsored by the school’s business and law class and the Stallions for Life Club.
Evangelical Christian Author: “Time to End Executions” Shane Clainborne to Speak Across Ohio This Weekend
As Ohio prepares to resume executions after a nearly three-year hiatus, Ohioans to Stop Executions is collaborating with faith communities and other allies to educate and mobilize Ohioans to reject the death penalty. Events this weekend in Columbus, Cincinnati and Portsmouth will feature noted Evangelical Christian author Shane Claiborne, whose book ‘Executing Grace: How the […]
Death Row Survivor, Victim Family Member to Speak at CSU
As Ohio prepares to resume executions after a nearly three-year hiatus, Amnesty International and Ohioans to Stop Executions are collaborating to educate and mobilize Clevelanders to reject the death penalty. Cleveland State University students and the public will hear a panel of experts Thursday evening (Nov 17 at 6pm), including Ohio death row survivor Kwame […]
Ohio legislators should enact proposed death-penalty reforms: Bob Taft, former Ohio govenor
When I ran for governor in 1998, I hadn’t given a great deal of thought to the duty I would be assuming to review clemency requests in death penalty cases. I campaigned on education, job creation and environmental issues.
However, as Governor I spent a lot of time reviewing the clemency cases that came before me. The death penalty is irreversible, and I wanted to make certain there was no question about guilt and no procedural errors.
Grave doubts raised about validity and reliability of convictions; independent investigation while halting executions is most appropriate action
In the wake of court filings seeking a new trial in the case of Kevin Keith, a man sentenced to death in 1994, Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor John Kasich and Attorney General Mike DeWine to halt executions and conduct an independent investigation to ensure no additional miscarriages of justice go unabated. Kevin […]
Wrongfully convicted man, Supreme Court Justice argue for ending Ohio death penalty
After a nearly three-year legal fight over the drugs used in lethal injections, the state of Ohio plans to resume executions in January. Some, including the man who wrote the current death penalty law, say it’s time for the ultimate punishment to meet its own end.