Ohio Judge, Victim family member & Death Row Survivors put faces on the issue as they share their direct experiences with Ohio’s death penalty Akron: In the wake of last week’s release of a new report detailing how race, gender and geography impact executions in Ohio, an unusual group of speakers with direct experiences on […]
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Death Penalty Declines by Every Measure in Ohio, Across U.S.
Columbus – By every measure – public opinion, death sentences, and executions – the death penalty declined in 2015, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). Ohio imposed only one new death sentence this year, down from three in 2014 and an average of 4.4 new death sentences annually […]
Group Walking from Death House to Capitol Approaching Columbus
Communities Invited for Dialog with Unusual Advocates Advance Interviews Available Photo Ops & Interviews Available Daily (Reports, photos & videos at https://www.facebook.com/walktostopexecutions) Having walked 55 miles since Sunday, death penalty abolitionists from Ohio and beyond continue their 83 mile walk from the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, the prison where Ohio conducts executions, to […]