All Ohioans deserve to know exactly how executions are carried out. And as long as lawmakers see fit to continue capital punishment, they should do it in a way that doesn’t require hiding the truth.
Action alert: Ohio executions and mental illness
Right now, Ohio legislators are considering a bill that would end the death penalty for individuals with serious mental illness. This legislation is an outcome of the Ohio Supreme Court’s review of the death penalty system.
Editorial: Ohio lawmakers should keep the seriously mentally ill off Death Row
The Ohio General Assembly should pass a bipartisan bill forbidding Ohio to give a death sentence to someone convicted of aggravated murder – but also found to have a serious mental illness. He or she would instead be sentenced to life imprisonment, which is far more reasonable and compassionate.