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Americans now support life in prison over death penalty
“For the first time in Gallup’s 34-year trend, a majority of Americans say that life imprisonment with no possibility of parole is a better punishment for murder than the death penalty is. The 60% to 36% advantage for life imprisonment marks a shift from the past two decades, when Americans were mostly divided in their […]
Judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death row inmates
“U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan has granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the government from carrying out the first federal executions in 16 years. The injunction was entered in a lawsuit challenging the legality and constitutionality of the government’s lethal injection protocol. The following is a statement from Shawn Nolan, one of the attorneys […]
WOSU: Changing views on Ohio’s death penalty ft. OTSE board member
All Sides With Ann Fisher’s segment this morning on Ohio’s death penalty is the perfect opportunity to introduce one of OTSE’s new board members, Jonathan Mann. Jonathan called into Ann Fisher’s show this morning to share his story. From our Board & Staff Page: https://otse.org/board-staff/ After Thomas Knuff was arrested and charged for his father’s […]
Ohio won’t hold any executions in 2019 as Gov. Mike DeWine issues more reprieves
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio will not hold any executions in 2019, as Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday delayed execution dates for death-row inmates James Galen Hanna and Kareem Jackson because of ongoing issues with finding execution drugs. Read more here.
Conservatives in some states push against the death penalty
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Conservatives in states including Wyoming, Utah and Ohio vowed Monday to keep pushing for the repeal of state-level death penalty sentences, even as U.S. officials move toward resuming federal executions. Read more here.
Appeals court says Ohio execution protocol doesn’t cause unconstitutional pain
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that just because an inmate feels like he’s being suffocated after a lethal injection, that doesn’t amount to cruel and unusual punishment. “Rather than debating how much pain we are willing to allow people being executed to endure, we should be debating whether the death penalty […]
Column: Death penalty does more harm than good for victim’s son
I lost my father two years ago to a brutal and senseless murder. The man who took his life, Thomas Knuff, was recently sentenced to death. Knuff took my dad from me and robbed the two of us of invaluable time together. It’s impossible to describe the depths of my pain or how to cope […]
Ohio governor delays execution because drug companies won’t supply the state
(CNN)Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine postponed the execution of a death row inmate amid struggles to find a company that will provide the state with drugs for a new lethal injection protocol. Warren Henness was scheduled to be executed on September 12, DeWine’s office said. His new execution date is May 14, giving officials about nine […]