PRESS RELEASE Ohioans to Stop Executions Contact: Abraham J. Bonowitz abe@otse.org 800-973-6548 Cell/text: 561-371-5204 April 10, 2014 Ohioans To Stop Executions Applauds Death Penalty Task Force, Launches Searchable Database […]
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Death Penalty Restriction Recommended in Ohio
Ohio should restrict the use of capital punishment charges and create a state panel to approve them, according to two of the 56 recommendations in the final report by a committee that spent more than two years studying changes to the law.
Report Criticizes Ohio Death Penalty Selectiveness
A report by an anti-death penalty group criticizes the selectiveness of Ohio’s capital punishment law, saying death sentences owe as much to an individual prosecutor’s philosophy as the nature of the crime.