It’s time to end the death penalty in Ohio, and particularly in Cuyahoga County. According to a recent study, Cuyahoga County had the nation’s 133rd highest homicide rate from 1972 to 2019. Yet as noted in the May 5 Plain Dealer, astonishingly, we ranked 12th in the nation in sentencing people to death during that […]
Allison Cohen, Executive Director
Allison was born and raised in rural Southwest Ohio. She attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Creative Writing with a focus in fiction. In 2012, she moved to Cincinnati and became the first director of Communications and Development for Ohioans to Stop Executions. Though she explored […]
Sample phone scripts
Sample phone scripts for calling Senators on Senate Bill 103 “Hi, my name is ___ and I’m a constituent of Senator ___. I’m calling because I’m opposed to the death penalty and I wanted to express my support for Senate Bill 103. Ohio has sent 11 innocent people to death row. For every five people […]