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Ohio cancels 2016 executions
Ohio has canceled executions for 2016, giving 12 death-row inmates up to three more years to live.
State Considers Exempting Killers With Severe Mental Illness From Death Penalty
Convicted murderers who had a severe mental illness when they committed their crime would face a maximum punishment of life without parole instead of the death penalty under a proposed Ohio law.
Ohio Insists It Can Import Execution Drug Legally, After FDA Said It Couldn’t
The FDA warned Ohio in June that importing the execution drug, sodium thiopental, would be illegal. Friday, Ohio pushed back, saying there should be a legal way to do it.
Group to Walk from Death House to Capitol Communities Invited for Dialog with Unusual Advocates
Starting at 8:30am on Sunday October 4, death penalty abolitionists from Ohio and beyond will begin a 7 day, 83 mile walk from the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, the prison where Ohio conducts executions, to the Statehouse in Columbus, calling for an end to capital punishment. More than a dozen participants are registered […]
Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional?
Justice Breyer argued that the death penalty is seriously unreliable and arbitrary in application; he believes the long delays undermine its penological purpose; and he is convinced that we have executed the innocent.
Anti-death penalty group announces speakers for walk to Columbus
The group planning a walk from Southern Ohio Correctional Facility to the Statehouse in Columbus in opposition to Ohio’s death penalty has announced the speakers who will address walkers each evening during the trek.
National organization representing exonerated death row inmates to meet in Northeast Ohio
Witness to Innocence will gather Oct. 8 to 11 at the Church of Saint Clarence in North Olmsted. The meeting coincides with the World Day Against the Death Penalty, which is Oct. 10.
Speaker Series: Justice, the Death Penalty, and Our Criminal Justice System
Capital punishment and mass incarceration are topics that have been gaining momentum in the news and have sparked national discussion. Our Lady of Mr. Carmel Parish is offering an educational opportunity on the death penalty and restorative justice and how we are called to act and serve in light of this information as the The […]