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OTSE Press Release – Ohioans To Stop Executions Applauds Death Penalty Task Force, Launches Searchable Database of Recommendations
PRESS RELEASE Ohioans to Stop Executions Contact: Abraham J. Bonowitz [email protected] 800-973-6548 Cell/text: 561-371-5204 April 10, 2014 Ohioans To Stop Executions Applauds Death Penalty Task Force, Launches Searchable Database […]
Death Penalty Restriction Recommended in Ohio
Ohio should restrict the use of capital punishment charges and create a state panel to approve them, according to two of the 56 recommendations in the final report by a committee that spent more than two years studying changes to the law.
Report Criticizes Ohio Death Penalty Selectiveness
A report by an anti-death penalty group criticizes the selectiveness of Ohio’s capital punishment law, saying death sentences owe as much to an individual prosecutor’s philosophy as the nature of the crime.
OTSE Releases Report: The Death Lottery (FULL REPORT)
On the heels of the Annual Capital Crimes Report from the Office of the Attorney General, Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) today released the “The Death Lottery:” How Race and Geography Determine Who Goes to Ohio’s Death Row. The new OTSE report adds context to the cut and dry information offered by the legislatively-mandated report […]
Ohio Supreme Court Death Penalty Taskforce To Wrap Up Work By April 10th
The Ohio Supreme Court Task Force to Review the Administration of the Death Penalty is about to wrap up its work after 2.5 years of contentious debate and deliberation…
[IMAGE] See the Cost of Ohio’s Death Penalty
The Dayton Daily News recently estimated that Ohio spends $16 million per year on the death penalty. OTSE questions, “What could our state do with an extra $16 million?” Help us spread the word that Ohio is wasting money on a broken system with our new fact sheet. Tell your friends and family that the […]
Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row
A case involving a black man convicted by an all-white jury in Louisiana decades ago may be reopened.
Cincinnati Man Freed from Death Row Gets Help From a Stranger
Making a living hasn’t been easy for Derrick Jamison. The Cincinnati man was imprisoned for two decades for a crime he didn’t commit. He was also released just one day before his scheduled execution. Since then, he said it has been difficult to find work. But all that changed this week after a Covington auto […]