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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 […]
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 […]