Wonderfully written article by Jack D’Aurora. “We have tried to insulate ourselves from the brutality of executions while satisfying our appetite for killing offenders, and so we have endeavored to make executions more civilized. The method of killing has evolved from hanging to firing squads to the electric chair to the gas chamber and now […]
Householder says legislature may dump Ohio’s death penalty law
“We don’t know that there is an option right now,” Householder told reporters Thursday. “We may have a law in place that allows for a death penalty that we can’t carry out. And the question is: Are the costs that are associated with that and retrials and all these things, at the end of the […]
Death Penalty Info Center Year-End Report
Take a moment to read through Death Penalty Information Center’s year end report today! With abolition in New Hampshire and a moratorium in California, half of the U.S. has abolished the death penalty or halted executions. We’re hopeful Ohio will join these states in the years to come. Read more here.