Ohio is set to execute an Akron man inmate later this month. If it happens, it will be the first execution in the state in three-and-a half years. And death penalty opponents are trying to stop it.
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Dale Johnston: Wrongful convictions make death penalty too risky
Are any of the 27 who are scheduled to be executed innocent? I don’t know. You don’t know. The governor doesn’t know. That’s the problem.
– Dale Johnston, Ohio Death Row Exoneree
Ohio gets ready to execute
If Ohio goes forward, it will do so without implementing the most substantial recommendations of an impressive Ohio Supreme Court task force on improving capital punishment.