Of the 26 Ohio men set to be executed in the next three years, a review by Harvard Law’s Fair Punishment Project shows almost two thirds suffered serious childhood trauma. Nearly a quarter are likely severely mentally ill and 42 percent have other impairments such as brain injuries.
OTSE Statement on new Fair Sentencing Project Report
When 88% of the scheduled executions have documented evidence of intellectual disability, horrific childhood abuse and mental illness, there is no defensible position that we’re getting the death penalty system right in Ohio.
Inmate condemned in Ohio prison riot murders seeks review
Forty-eight-year-old Keith LaMar’s latest legal push plays off the court’s ruling last year finding Florida’s death penalty scheme unconstitutional, saying it gave judges too much power and juries not enough to decide capital cases.