Ohioans to Stop Executions is planning evening events Tuesday in Columbus, Wednesday in Wilmington and Thursday in Springfield…
Wilmington: Panel to discuss death penalty on Oct. 1
In addition to former ODRC director Terry Collins, other panelists are death row exoneree Joe D’Ambrosio, Office of the Ohio Public Defender Director Tim Young, and Charles Keith, who has both lost a loved one to murder and whose brother was on death row before then-Gov. Ted Strickland commuted the sentence.
Change of Heart: Conservative former justice officials seek to reform Ohio’s death penalty
“We will, and we have in the past, executed innocent people,” Petro says. “That’s an overwhelming thought, but I know it to be a fact.”