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Ohioans to Stop Executions Launches Petition to Governor Kasich
In the wake of the Ohio Supreme Court ruling today allowing 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 launched a petition calling on Governor Kasich to show mercy to Romell Broom by commuting his death […]
STATEMENT from Ohioans to Stop Executions Executive Director Kevin Werner regarding today’s ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court in the Romell Broom case.
Today’s ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court permitting another attempt to execute Romell Broom is extremely alarming. The state of Ohio still cannot explain what went so terribly wrong during the first botched execution attempt; there’s no reason to think they won’t make the same mistakes again. The very idea that the execution was never […]
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The Ohio Legislature should – in my opinion – abolish the death penalty. -Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer
Opponents Hopeful Pope’s Calls to End Death Penalty Resonate in Ohio
Death penalty opponents are hopeful the pope’s calls to stop the use of capital punishment worldwide will resonate in Ohio, where executions have been highly criticized.
OTSE STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO REPORT ON RACIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN OHIO
Ohioans to Stop Executions Director Kevin Werner issued the following statement in response to new research released today by Political Science Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina. The study, which examined data related to perpetrators and victims in Ohio’s 53 current-era executions, found that the race and gender of the victim significantly […]
New Study Finds Vast Racial and Geographic Disparities in Ohio Executions
Homicides of White Females Six Times More Likely to Result in Execution Than Homicides of Black Males *** READ THE STUDY HERE. *** New research released today by Political Science Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina reveals significant and troubling racial, gender, and geographic disparities with regards to who is executed in […]
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Freed Death Row inmate can seek innocence ruling
“I’m innocent and I always have been,” Johnston said this morning. “If I live long enough, I might finally get my justice. I’m 82 now. I’m pushing it. But, I’m still in the game.”