FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]
Joshua Dressler: Ray Tibbetts’ case is exactly what executive clemency is for
In my more than four decades as a law professor, I have studied issues of fairness in our criminal justice system, particularly in the area of the death penalty. Thus I was struck by a question that a juror who served Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial, Ross Allen Geiger, posed in a letter to Gov. John […]
George D. Alexander: a retired warden supports clemency for death row inmate Ray Tibbetts
I spent almost 30 years of my life working in the Ohio prison system, beginning as a chaplain at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. I later worked in a number of other positions, eventually serving as warden at Madison, London and Pickaway correctional institutions. My time working directly with inmates showed me what my faith […]