Under current Ohio law, aggravated burglary and kidnapping are potentially punishable by death. Ohio’s Death Penalty Task Force has spent two years reviewing the state’s capital punishment regulations, and it recently published recommendations based on its findings.
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Panel Advises Slashing List of Capital Offenses: Report Also Urges Exempting Mentally Ill
The ultimate punishment under Ohio law would be reserved for the “worst of the worst,” and mentally ill people could not be executed if recommendations from a state task force become law.
OTSE Press Release – Ohioans To Stop Executions Applauds Death Penalty Task Force, Launches Searchable Database of Recommendations
PRESS RELEASE Ohioans to Stop Executions Contact: Abraham J. Bonowitz [email protected] 800-973-6548 Cell/text: 561-371-5204 April 10, 2014 Ohioans To Stop Executions Applauds Death Penalty Task Force, Launches Searchable Database […]