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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 […]
INTERACTIVE: Death Penalty Investigation Reveals Strong Opinions Against Ohio’s Death Penalty
Joe Byrne is a former supporter of the death penalty who now opposes it. His wife, Sherry, was abducted, raped and murdered in 1985. Her killer, David Brewer of Greene County, was executed in 2003. In a telephone interview, Joe said he now views the death penalty and the appeals process as a waste of […]
WHIO Investigative Report: The Cost of Executions in Ohio
BEAVERCREEK – Studies from other states put the cost of the death penalty at much more than cases where the defendant is sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Maryland study put the cost at $3 million per inmate. Former Ohio Corrections Director Reginald Wilkinson, who oversaw the execution of 20 inmates, said the […]
QUINNIPIAC POLL: Ohioans Prefer Life With/Without Parole Over Death Penalty
Ohio’s death penalty has grown increasingly controversial. The then-state senator and now Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer, who reintroduced the death penalty in Ohio, has become one of its chief critics. He says it’s been applied too broadly and too unevenly. A Supreme Court panel is reviewing its implementation. And the execution last month of […]
CNN Producing “DEATH ROW STORIES,” Mini-Series on the Difficult Search for Justice in the Death Penalty System
Each episode of DEATH ROW STORIES will unravel a different capital murder case that has twists and turns worthy of a crime thriller. All of these stories are true, and call into question the myriad of beliefs about the death penalty and the American justice system itself. Director Alex Gibney said, “The series provides stark […]