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New Report Reveals Ohio Death Penalty System’s Wrongful Conviction Crisis
Ohioans to Stop Executions releases “Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Confronting the Wrongful Conviction Crisis in the State of Ohio.”
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the systemic failures within Ohio’s capital punishment system.
Wrongful Convictions virtual events
OTSE hosting several virtual events featuring stories of wrongfully convicted men.
Elwood Jones exonerated
Elwood Jones is the 12th innocent man freed from Ohio’s death row. Read the press release from OTSE.
Architects of Ohio’s Death Penalty Call For Repeal
Ohioans to Stop Executions releases “The Human Cost of the Death Penalty.” The new report highlights the historic low capital indictments and use of the death penalty in Ohio. The report also explores recent trends and what actually happens to death-sentenced individuals.
Op-Ed by Sister Helen Prejean in The Blade
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and noteworthy death penalty abolitionist has penned an op-ed featured in The Blade (Toledo) on April 29, 2025.
OTSE releases new report
Ohioans to Stop Executions releases “The Human Cost of the Death Penalty.” The new report highlights the historic low capital indictments and use of the death penalty in Ohio. The report also explores recent trends and what actually happens to death-sentenced individuals.
The racist roots of Ohio’s death penalty
The Death Penalty Information Center released a new report about Ohio’s death penalty. The report – Broken Promises: How a History of Racial Violence and Bias Shaped Ohio’s Death Penalty – traces the racist roots of our state’s capital punishment system.