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 […]
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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 […]
LOCATION CHANGE – PRESS CONF ADVISORY: Friday 10/9 in Cleveland – Death Row Survivors from Across the US Gathering in Cleveland
PRESS CONFERENCE 10AM, Friday, October 9 Due to anticipated rain, location changed to Trinity Cathedral 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio Witness to Innocence Gathering Brings Together Death Row Exonerees from across the U.S. to Mark World Day Against the Death Penalty, Call For Abolition & Reforms to Prevent Wrongful Executions At a press conference at […]