Death penalty opponents are hopeful the pope’s calls to stop the use of capital punishment worldwide will resonate in Ohio, where executions have been highly criticized.
New Data on Race & Death Penalty at Center of University of Akron Rethinking Race Event
Ohio Judge, Victim family member & Death Row Survivors put faces on the issue as they share their direct experiences with Ohio’s death penalty Akron: In the wake of last week’s release of a new report detailing how race, gender and geography impact executions in Ohio, an unusual group of speakers with direct experiences on […]
OTSE STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO REPORT ON RACIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN OHIO
Ohioans to Stop Executions Director Kevin Werner issued the following statement in response to new research released today by Political Science Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina. The study, which examined data related to perpetrators and victims in Ohio’s 53 current-era executions, found that the race and gender of the victim significantly […]