Take a moment to read through Death Penalty Information Center’s year end report today! With abolition in New Hampshire and a moratorium in California, half of the U.S. has abolished the death penalty or halted executions. We’re hopeful Ohio will join these states in the years to come. Read more here.
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Ohio ‘not very close’ to resuming death penalty
COLUMBUS – Ohio’s next execution is set for February, but Gov. Mike DeWine said the state is “not very close” to resuming the death penalty. Read more here.
Opinion: I oversaw executions. We cannot resume the federal death penalty.
“I have seen the death penalty up close. During my years as Ohio’s Republican attorney general, I oversaw 18 executions. Before that, I helped write the state’s death penalty law as a legislator. I’ve heard all the justifications — deterrence, support for victims, cost savings. And I know now they are all wrong, and those […]