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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 […]
Toledo Blade Editorial Supports Reprieve and Calls for Greater Vigilance
In a prudent move, Gov. John Kasich has postponed the execution of condemned killer Gregory Lott to Nov. 19, eight months later than the previously scheduled date of March 19. After the egregious execution of 53-year-old Dennis McGuire in January, the Kasich administration should pause Ohio’s killing machine until it has time to select a […]
Citing Catholic Faith, Family of Victim Seeks to Keep Condemned Cleveland Killer From Lethal Injection
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Irene Allain and her family want to prevent condemned killer Gregory Lott’s execution. And they’re relying on their faith to do it. Allain is the daughter of John McGrath, the 82-year-old man Lott is convicted of killing a vicious attack in East Cleveland in July 1986. Nearly 28 years later, Lott is […]
Governor Kasich Delays Upcoming Execution of Gregory Lott
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. John Kasich on Friday granted an eight-month reprieve to a condemned killer following last month’s execution of an inmate who repeatedly gasped in the state’s longest lethal-injection procedure…