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Dennis McGuire Execution Another Sign of a Broken System
There is no question that the death penalty is a broken system. The problems with Ohio’s death penalty aren’t abstract problems in a report– they are embodied in the prison staff who carried out the suffocation execution of Dennis McGuire, the priest who witnessed it, the family who must endure another media storm. They are […]
Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial Board Calls for No More Executions
Ohio is gaining an unwanted reputation for experimenting with questionable ways to put people to death. In 2009 and 2011, the state was the first to try new lethal-injection methods on condemned prisoners. Last month, Ohio broke ground again by using, for the first time, a combination of hydromorphone, a painkiller, and midazolam, a sedative, […]
Watch: Executive Director of Ohioans to Stop Executions Featured on “The State of Ohio”
Kevin Werner, executive director of Ohioans to Stop Executions, was featured on a weekend edition of the public television show, “The State of Ohio”.
Sign of the Times: Bill to Repeal the Death Penalty Introduced
December 3— Today at the Statehouse, Representative Nickie J. Antonio (D-13) and Representative Dan Ramos (D-52) announced that they will introduce a bill that would repeal the death penalty in Ohio.
Governor Kasich Stays Execution of Ronald Phillips
November 13— Governor Kasich announced that he will temporarily stay the execution of Ronald Phillips. Mr. Phillips was scheduled to be executed tomorrow, November 14 at 10:00 a.m. for the murder of Sheila Marie Evans.