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 […]
New Study Finds Vast Racial and Geographic Disparities in Ohio Executions
Homicides of White Females Six Times More Likely to Result in Execution Than Homicides of Black Males *** READ THE STUDY HERE. *** New research released today by Political Science Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina reveals significant and troubling racial, gender, and geographic disparities with regards to who is executed in […]