Justice Breyer argued that the death penalty is seriously unreliable and arbitrary in application; he believes the long delays undermine its penological purpose; and he is convinced that we have executed the innocent.
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Anti-death penalty group announces speakers for walk to Columbus
The group planning a walk from Southern Ohio Correctional Facility to the Statehouse in Columbus in opposition to Ohio’s death penalty has announced the speakers who will address walkers each evening during the trek.
National organization representing exonerated death row inmates to meet in Northeast Ohio
Witness to Innocence will gather Oct. 8 to 11 at the Church of Saint Clarence in North Olmsted. The meeting coincides with the World Day Against the Death Penalty, which is Oct. 10.

