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 […]
Death Penalty Declines by Every Measure in Ohio, Across U.S.
Columbus – By every measure – public opinion, death sentences, and executions – the death penalty declined in 2015, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). Ohio imposed only one new death sentence this year, down from three in 2014 and an average of 4.4 new death sentences annually […]