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Executive Director Kevin Werner on Faith Alive (Annunciation Radio) [AUDIO]
(via Annunciation Radio) Listen to OTSE Executive Director Kevin Werner speak to Rodney Schuster of Faith Alive on Annunciation Radio. Click here to learn more about OTSE’s Faith Leader Initiative!
Architects of Ohio’s Death Penalty Call for its End (WOSU) [VIDEO]
(via WOSU) The names of companies that supply Ohio’s lethal injection drugs could soon become secret, as could names of doctors who advise the state, execution team members and others. This hour we’ll discuss the future of the death penalty in Ohio, including the de facto moratorium on executions until those changes are made. Guests: […]
The Courier Editorial: Bad idea
Ohio’s executions are flawed and must be fixed, but officials would make problems worse by cloaking them in secrecy. Unfortunately, that appears to be the path they’re on…
Death penalty protocol in Ohio needs light, not darkness: editorial
It’s time Ohio start wondering why it’s facing so many obstacles to putting people to death, instead of working so feverishly to overcome them by denying the public critical information — including the names and quality records of companies the state is paying with the taxpayers’ money…
Blog: Wasting more effort killing killers
We’re already spending enormous resources on executing offenders—longer and more expensive trials, and usually 15-20 years in post-conviction proceedings. One might think the sudden unavailability of execution drugs would give authorities cause to re-think the death penalty…
Death penalty changes debated in Springfield
While the recommendations wouldn’t eliminate the death penalty in Ohio, the panelists talked about ways the reforms could keep innocent people off death row. Springfield was one of several Ohio stops on the forum tour…
Ohio prosecutors want death penalty drug info shielded
Shielding information about drugs would set a dangerous precedent, according to the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. “The public, the courts and condemned inmates have to feel confident knowing what is used in executions so that they will happen in a humane way,” said ACLU spokesman Mike Brickner…
Fairness of death penalty challenged
Citing data, an Ohio Supreme Court execution task force member challenged the fundamental fairness of the way the death penalty in Ohio is applied…