Ohio Death Penalty Archives

Bipartisan Group of Ohio Lawmakers Offer New Approach to Repealing Death Penalty

The proposal would link capital punishment repeal with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted suicide

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal January 29, 2025February 16, 2025

News & Views

Biden Death Row Commutations Met With Praise, Condemnation in Ohio

“Leaders in Ohio from both political parties are walking away from capital punishment. President Biden used the moral authority of the office to lead by commuting these sentences.”

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal December 26, 2024January 6, 2025

News & Views

Op-Ed: Ohio Attorney General’s Push to Revive the Death Penalty is Untimely, Unseemly, and Unnecessary

Yost is woefully misguided in pushing Ohio to follow suit with Alabama by adopting nitrogen hypoxia for capital punishment

by Alan Johnson January 31, 2024March 19, 2024

News & Views

Bipartisan Legislation Would End the Death Penalty in Ohio

“[The death penalty] has been found to be expensive, impractical, unjust, unfair, inhumane and–in the past– even erroneous”

by Maria Elena Scott March 29, 2023August 16, 2023

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