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Conservatives organize to end Ohio’s death penalty
COLUMBUS, Ohio—As Ohio’s years-long struggle to obtain execution drugs continues with no end in sight, there’s a new effort underway to completely abolish capital punishment in the state – this time, with increasing involvement by conservatives. Read more here.
Strickland wishes he’d blocked executions on his watch
COLUMBUS — Former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland said Wednesday he has “regrets” over those who went to Ohio’s lethal injection gurney on his four-year watch. Read more here.
Column: Will new year bring end to Ohio’s elusive death penalty?
Among the new year’s possibilities, 2020 may see Ohio end its death penalty. Read more here.
Victim’s son questions the county leading US in death sentences
Another amazing piece from OTSE Board Member, Jonathan Mann. “Amid this move away from death, Cuyahoga County has the troubling distinction of leading the nation in new death sentences. We are an extreme outlier — fewer than 1% of counties have imposed death at all. This doesn’t shock me. My dad was murdered in Cuyahoga […]
Column: criminal justice system prioritizes procedure over results
Wonderfully written article by Jack D’Aurora. “We have tried to insulate ourselves from the brutality of executions while satisfying our appetite for killing offenders, and so we have endeavored to make executions more civilized. The method of killing has evolved from hanging to firing squads to the electric chair to the gas chamber and now […]
Householder says legislature may dump Ohio’s death penalty law
“We don’t know that there is an option right now,” Householder told reporters Thursday. “We may have a law in place that allows for a death penalty that we can’t carry out. And the question is: Are the costs that are associated with that and retrials and all these things, at the end of the […]
Death Penalty Info Center Year-End Report
Take a moment to read through Death Penalty Information Center’s year end report today! With abolition in New Hampshire and a moratorium in California, half of the U.S. has abolished the death penalty or halted executions. We’re hopeful Ohio will join these states in the years to come. Read more here.