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Press Releases

January 21, 2019

Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Abraham Bonowitz 561-371-5204 – abe@otse.org Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency COLUMBUS, OH—Jan. 18, 2019—Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor Mike DeWine to postpone executions until the General Assembly addresses deficiencies already identified by the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar five years ago. “Today […]

July 17, 2018

Press Release: Ohioans Across the State to Protest Execution of Robert Van Hook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK   COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]

March 7, 2018

Forensic Analysts Debunk State’s Theory in Montgomery Death Penalty Case: ‘Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct’ demands new & fair trial

COLUMBUS, OH—March 8, 2018—Forensic analysts walked reporters through their findings at a Statehouse press conference today, scientifically disproving the State’s theory used to send William Montgomery to death row in 1986. Mr. Montgomery was convicted of killing Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher in Toledo. He is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on April 11, 2018. […]

February 1, 2018

New: Former Juror Urges Gov. Kasich to Spare Ray Tibbetts from Execution Based on Information Jurors Never Heard at Trial

(Columbus, Ohio; February 1, 2018) In a rare and highly significant development, a juror from Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial has come forward to support a commutation of his death sentence due to the juror’s “deep concerns about the trial,” concluding that “[b]ased on what I know today I would not have recommended the death penalty.” Former juror […]

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January 21, 2019

Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Abraham Bonowitz 561-371-5204 – abe@otse.org Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency COLUMBUS, OH—Jan. 18, 2019—Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor Mike DeWine to postpone executions until the General Assembly addresses deficiencies already identified by the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar five years ago. “Today […]

July 17, 2018

Press Release: Ohioans Across the State to Protest Execution of Robert Van Hook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK   COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]

March 7, 2018

Forensic Analysts Debunk State’s Theory in Montgomery Death Penalty Case: ‘Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct’ demands new & fair trial

COLUMBUS, OH—March 8, 2018—Forensic analysts walked reporters through their findings at a Statehouse press conference today, scientifically disproving the State’s theory used to send William Montgomery to death row in 1986. Mr. Montgomery was convicted of killing Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher in Toledo. He is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on April 11, 2018. […]

February 1, 2018

New: Former Juror Urges Gov. Kasich to Spare Ray Tibbetts from Execution Based on Information Jurors Never Heard at Trial

(Columbus, Ohio; February 1, 2018) In a rare and highly significant development, a juror from Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial has come forward to support a commutation of his death sentence due to the juror’s “deep concerns about the trial,” concluding that “[b]ased on what I know today I would not have recommended the death penalty.” Former juror […]

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January 21, 2019

Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Abraham Bonowitz 561-371-5204 – abe@otse.org Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency COLUMBUS, OH—Jan. 18, 2019—Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor Mike DeWine to postpone executions until the General Assembly addresses deficiencies already identified by the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar five years ago. “Today […]

July 17, 2018

Press Release: Ohioans Across the State to Protest Execution of Robert Van Hook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK   COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]

March 7, 2018

Forensic Analysts Debunk State’s Theory in Montgomery Death Penalty Case: ‘Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct’ demands new & fair trial

COLUMBUS, OH—March 8, 2018—Forensic analysts walked reporters through their findings at a Statehouse press conference today, scientifically disproving the State’s theory used to send William Montgomery to death row in 1986. Mr. Montgomery was convicted of killing Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher in Toledo. He is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on April 11, 2018. […]

February 1, 2018

New: Former Juror Urges Gov. Kasich to Spare Ray Tibbetts from Execution Based on Information Jurors Never Heard at Trial

(Columbus, Ohio; February 1, 2018) In a rare and highly significant development, a juror from Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial has come forward to support a commutation of his death sentence due to the juror’s “deep concerns about the trial,” concluding that “[b]ased on what I know today I would not have recommended the death penalty.” Former juror […]

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January 21, 2019

Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Abraham Bonowitz 561-371-5204 – abe@otse.org Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency COLUMBUS, OH—Jan. 18, 2019—Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor Mike DeWine to postpone executions until the General Assembly addresses deficiencies already identified by the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar five years ago. “Today […]

July 17, 2018

Press Release: Ohioans Across the State to Protest Execution of Robert Van Hook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK   COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]

March 7, 2018

Forensic Analysts Debunk State’s Theory in Montgomery Death Penalty Case: ‘Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct’ demands new & fair trial

COLUMBUS, OH—March 8, 2018—Forensic analysts walked reporters through their findings at a Statehouse press conference today, scientifically disproving the State’s theory used to send William Montgomery to death row in 1986. Mr. Montgomery was convicted of killing Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher in Toledo. He is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on April 11, 2018. […]

February 1, 2018

New: Former Juror Urges Gov. Kasich to Spare Ray Tibbetts from Execution Based on Information Jurors Never Heard at Trial

(Columbus, Ohio; February 1, 2018) In a rare and highly significant development, a juror from Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial has come forward to support a commutation of his death sentence due to the juror’s “deep concerns about the trial,” concluding that “[b]ased on what I know today I would not have recommended the death penalty.” Former juror […]

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January 21, 2019

Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Abraham Bonowitz 561-371-5204 – abe@otse.org Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency COLUMBUS, OH—Jan. 18, 2019—Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor Mike DeWine to postpone executions until the General Assembly addresses deficiencies already identified by the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar five years ago. “Today […]

July 17, 2018

Press Release: Ohioans Across the State to Protest Execution of Robert Van Hook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK   COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]

March 7, 2018

Forensic Analysts Debunk State’s Theory in Montgomery Death Penalty Case: ‘Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct’ demands new & fair trial

COLUMBUS, OH—March 8, 2018—Forensic analysts walked reporters through their findings at a Statehouse press conference today, scientifically disproving the State’s theory used to send William Montgomery to death row in 1986. Mr. Montgomery was convicted of killing Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher in Toledo. He is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on April 11, 2018. […]

February 1, 2018

New: Former Juror Urges Gov. Kasich to Spare Ray Tibbetts from Execution Based on Information Jurors Never Heard at Trial

(Columbus, Ohio; February 1, 2018) In a rare and highly significant development, a juror from Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial has come forward to support a commutation of his death sentence due to the juror’s “deep concerns about the trial,” concluding that “[b]ased on what I know today I would not have recommended the death penalty.” Former juror […]

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January 21, 2019

Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Abraham Bonowitz 561-371-5204 – abe@otse.org Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency COLUMBUS, OH—Jan. 18, 2019—Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor Mike DeWine to postpone executions until the General Assembly addresses deficiencies already identified by the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar five years ago. “Today […]

July 17, 2018

Press Release: Ohioans Across the State to Protest Execution of Robert Van Hook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK   COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]

March 7, 2018

Forensic Analysts Debunk State’s Theory in Montgomery Death Penalty Case: ‘Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct’ demands new & fair trial

COLUMBUS, OH—March 8, 2018—Forensic analysts walked reporters through their findings at a Statehouse press conference today, scientifically disproving the State’s theory used to send William Montgomery to death row in 1986. Mr. Montgomery was convicted of killing Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher in Toledo. He is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on April 11, 2018. […]

February 1, 2018

New: Former Juror Urges Gov. Kasich to Spare Ray Tibbetts from Execution Based on Information Jurors Never Heard at Trial

(Columbus, Ohio; February 1, 2018) In a rare and highly significant development, a juror from Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial has come forward to support a commutation of his death sentence due to the juror’s “deep concerns about the trial,” concluding that “[b]ased on what I know today I would not have recommended the death penalty.” Former juror […]

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January 21, 2019

Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Abraham Bonowitz 561-371-5204 – abe@otse.org Ohioans call on Governor DeWine to postpone executions, grant clemency COLUMBUS, OH—Jan. 18, 2019—Ohioans to Stop Executions calls on Governor Mike DeWine to postpone executions until the General Assembly addresses deficiencies already identified by the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar five years ago. “Today […]

July 17, 2018

Press Release: Ohioans Across the State to Protest Execution of Robert Van Hook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROTEST EXECUTION OF ROBERT VAN HOOK   COLUMBUS, OH — July 17, 2018 — Ohio is set to execute death row inmate and honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran Robert Van Hook at 10am on July 18, 2018. Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) will be gathering at the Southern Ohio […]

March 7, 2018

Forensic Analysts Debunk State’s Theory in Montgomery Death Penalty Case: ‘Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct’ demands new & fair trial

COLUMBUS, OH—March 8, 2018—Forensic analysts walked reporters through their findings at a Statehouse press conference today, scientifically disproving the State’s theory used to send William Montgomery to death row in 1986. Mr. Montgomery was convicted of killing Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher in Toledo. He is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on April 11, 2018. […]

February 1, 2018

New: Former Juror Urges Gov. Kasich to Spare Ray Tibbetts from Execution Based on Information Jurors Never Heard at Trial

(Columbus, Ohio; February 1, 2018) In a rare and highly significant development, a juror from Ray Tibbetts’ capital trial has come forward to support a commutation of his death sentence due to the juror’s “deep concerns about the trial,” concluding that “[b]ased on what I know today I would not have recommended the death penalty.” Former juror […]

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