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Mentally ill murderers would avoid death penalty under new Ohio Senate bill
Under Senate Bill 162, the death penalty could not be imposed on a murderer with an illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder that “significantly impaired” his or her ability to exercise rational judgment, follow the law, or appreciate the nature of their crime.
If Lady Justice were blind: For a racial justice act in Ohio
Whether you support the death penalty or not, all of us can and should agree that life should be treated equally, without regard to race.
Lawmakers want to exclude mentally ill from death penalty
“The death penalty is not the answer to the problem of violence committed by persons with severe mental disorders.”
The death penalty is a gamble that we are not willing to take
The surest and simplest way to make sure that the human error involved in every component of the death penalty process is avoided is simply to end it.
‘It’s problematic’: inventor of US lethal injection reveals death penalty doubts
Dr Jay Chapman sought to develop a more humane method of execution but miscarriages of justice leave him ambivalent about capital punishment
Supreme Court debates challenge to execution drug
Justice Elena Kagan contended that the way states carry out most executions amounts to having prisoners “burned alive from the inside.”
Editorial: Pharmacists association’s policy yet another strike against death penalty
Instead of adopting convoluted and unmerited laws to shield the identity of medical professionals who help with executions, Ohio should get rid of the death penalty altogether, as this editorial board long has advocated.
Ohio’s last execution drugs cost $10.60; How much will the state have to pay now?
It’s still unclear whether state officials will be able to find a compounding pharmacy willing to sell them pentobarbital or sodium thiopental.