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Ohioans to Stop Executions / July 29, 2014

The Plain Dealer: Flawed Arizona Execution Must Force Another Look At Ohio’s Death Cocktail

Another execution. Another debacle. Another debate. This time the backdrop was a death chamber in Arizona. Condemned killer Joseph Rudolph Wood III took an hour and 40 minutes to die from lethal injection. For most of that time, he “gasped and struggled for breath,” according to an account from Reuters…

Ohioans to Stop Executions / July 2, 2014

Murder victim’s daughter new chairwoman of Ohioans to Stop Executions

Melinda Dawson, the new chairwoman of Ohioans to Stop Executions, has personal experience with the criminal justice system.

Ohioans to Stop Executions / July 1, 2014

Gov. John Kasich has been a nationwide leader in death-row clemencies

While Gov. John Kasich has been much more sparing than his predecessor overall in granting clemencies to criminals, it’s a different story when it comes to inmates facing execution.