Two leading victims rights advocates questioned the sincerity of the legislatively mandated Joint Committee on Victim’s Services at a meeting of the committee this afternoon at the Statehouse. “I am deeply concerned that there will not be a comprehensive review of the experiences of homicide survivors in Ohio,” said Melinda Elkins Dawson, whose mother was murdered […]
Unusual Voices to Call For Death Penalty Reforms
Ohio Death Penalty Lobby Day Program to Feature Conservative Republicans and Former Death Penalty Supporters, Death Row Survivors, Victim Family Members, Clergy, and in a Special Tribute, Retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton Will Receive the First Terry J. Collins Award. Columbus – Hundreds of Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) and 23 partner […]
Death Penalty Opponents Heading to Columbus
Ohio’s death penalty is on hold, but the delay won’t prevent more than 100 local anti-capital punishment activists from boarding buses Tuesday morning for a lobby day in Columbus. Read more at The Cincinnati Enquirer