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September 24, 2020

Opinion: Repeal death penalty and eliminate racial bias

As a Black woman who was wrongfully convicted of murder and served over 20 years in Ohio prisons for a crime I didn’t commit, I am all too aware of racial bias in our justice system. In a moment when the nation is grappling with how to best address systemic racism and implement meaningful criminal […]

September 23, 2020

Gasping For Air: Autopsies Reveal Troubling Effects Of Lethal Injection

Dr. Joel Zivot stared at the autopsy reports. The language was dry and clinical, in stark contrast to the weight of what they contained — detailed, graphic accounts of the bodies of inmates executed by lethal injection in Georgia. It was 2016, and the autopsy reports had been given to him by lawyers representing inmates […]

September 16, 2020

CINCINNATI IS AN EPICENTER FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. ITS PROSECUTOR RACE COULD END THAT IN NOVEMBER.

In Hamilton County, Joe Deters has sent more people to death row than any other prosecutor in Ohio. His challenger, Fanon Rucker, promises to stop that practice. Read more here.

September 16, 2020

CINCINNATI IS AN EPICENTER FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. ITS PROSECUTOR RACE COULD END THAT IN NOVEMBER.

In Hamilton County, Joe Deters has sent more people to death row than any other prosecutor in Ohio. His challenger, Fanon Rucker, promises to stop that practice. Read more here.

September 16, 2020

Robert DuBoise Officially Exonerated from Murder Charge After Nearly 37 Years

(September 14, 2020 — Tampa, Florida) Today, Robert DuBoise was exonerated from all charges in the 1983 rape and murder of a young woman in Tampa, Florida. DuBoise was released from prison on Aug. 27 after new DNA testing on evidence from the victim’s rape kit that was thought to have been destroyed, excluded him as the […]

August 4, 2020

23 Ohio death row inmates test positive for COVID-19

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More than 20 Ohio death row inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak flaring up just this past week, The Associated Press has learned. Read more here.

July 3, 2020

The U.S. is Set to Execute a Man with Schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s. He Won’t Even Know Why | Opinion

On July 15, the federal government plans to execute Wesley Purkey, a 68-year-old man with multiple brain disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. The law is clear. Under the Constitution, an execution can only be carried out when the prisoner understands why he is being executed. Read more here.

July 2, 2020

American conservatives are pushing for the repeal of the death penalty

The federal government’s enthusiasm for executions is at odds with many Republican-led states. Read more here.

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