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Ohio Follows National Trend of Historic Lows in New Capital Indictments
Use of the death penalty fell to historic lows in Ohio and across the United States in 2016, according to year-end statistics on capital punishment released today by the Death Penalty Information Center.
Petition Urges Governor Kasich to Show Mercy to Romell Broom
The US Supreme Court today declined to consider an Ohio Supreme Court ruling to allow a second attempt at executing a man who spent two hours enduring at least 18 needle jabs in a botched 2009 execution attempt, Ohioans to Stop Executions has updated its petition calling on Governor Kasich to show mercy to Romell Broom by commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment.
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Lethal Injection
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge from a death row inmate who argued that because the state botched its first attempt to execute him, trying again would be unconstitutional.
Ohio’s death-penalty secrecy shrouds too much crucial information for executions to resume
The blanket secrecy surrounding Ohio executions makes it impossible for Ohioans to know whether the state is overpaying for drugs and who is benefiting, or whether Ohio’s constitutional ban on cruelty is being traduced in their names.
Want to Stop the Execution? Read this!
On Monday, OTSE’s executive director Kevin Werner and I met with the Governor’s Counsel who is preparing clemency materials for Governor Kasich regarding the execution scheduled for January 12, 2017. It’s going to take a lot of effort to get the Governor’s attention, but that is what we are doing – together! Here’s how: In […]
Action Steps to Stop the May 10th Execution
Here is a short list of one or more simple actions you can take yourself and in your community: #1 – Join the “No Need to Execute!” Governor Postcard Action. Click here to pre-order a set number of postcards your community will commit to get signed and send to the Governor. We’ll mail the cards to you by […]
Exoneration called ‘God’s providence’
The Rev. Neil Kookoothe and Joe D’Ambrosio, the man he helped free from 22 years on Ohio’s Death Row, speak to St. Francis DeSales High School students on Nov. 16 as part of a program sponsored by the school’s business and law class and the Stallions for Life Club.
Evangelical Christian Author: “Time to End Executions” Shane Clainborne to Speak Across Ohio This Weekend
As Ohio prepares to resume executions after a nearly three-year hiatus, Ohioans to Stop Executions is collaborating with faith communities and other allies to educate and mobilize Ohioans to reject the death penalty. Events this weekend in Columbus, Cincinnati and Portsmouth will feature noted Evangelical Christian author Shane Claiborne, whose book ‘Executing Grace: How the […]