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Opponents Hopeful Pope’s Calls to End Death Penalty Resonate in Ohio
Death penalty opponents are hopeful the pope’s calls to stop the use of capital punishment worldwide will resonate in Ohio, where executions have been highly criticized.
OTSE STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO REPORT ON RACIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN OHIO
Ohioans to Stop Executions Director Kevin Werner issued the following statement in response to new research released today by Political Science Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina. The study, which examined data related to perpetrators and victims in Ohio’s 53 current-era executions, found that the race and gender of the victim significantly […]
New Study Finds Vast Racial and Geographic Disparities in Ohio Executions
Homicides of White Females Six Times More Likely to Result in Execution Than Homicides of Black Males *** READ THE STUDY HERE. *** New research released today by Political Science Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina reveals significant and troubling racial, gender, and geographic disparities with regards to who is executed in […]
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Freed Death Row inmate can seek innocence ruling
“I’m innocent and I always have been,” Johnston said this morning. “If I live long enough, I might finally get my justice. I’m 82 now. I’m pushing it. But, I’m still in the game.”
Ohio cancels 2016 executions
Ohio has canceled executions for 2016, giving 12 death-row inmates up to three more years to live.
State Considers Exempting Killers With Severe Mental Illness From Death Penalty
Convicted murderers who had a severe mental illness when they committed their crime would face a maximum punishment of life without parole instead of the death penalty under a proposed Ohio law.
Ohio Insists It Can Import Execution Drug Legally, After FDA Said It Couldn’t
The FDA warned Ohio in June that importing the execution drug, sodium thiopental, would be illegal. Friday, Ohio pushed back, saying there should be a legal way to do it.