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Dec 13, 2023

After Five-Year Execution Pause, Ohio Leaders Question Value of Death Penalty

A pro­posed death penal­ty repeal bill in the Ohio leg­is­la­ture is draw­ing atten­tion to the state’s five-year pause on exe­cu­tions, and lead­ing state offi­cials from both par­ties to ques­tion whether the death penal­ty sys­tem is work­ing. Ohio Attorney Ge…

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Sep 12, 2023

Ohio General Assembly Resumes Bipartisan Efforts to Abolish the Death Penalty

On September 6, 2023, a bipar­ti­san group of Ohio state rep­re­sen­ta­tives rein­tro­duced a bill that would abol­ish the death penal­ty and replace the pun­ish­ment with life in prison with­out parole. Legislators in Ohio have debat­ed the use of cap­i­tal puni…

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Jan 12, 2024

State Legislative Roundup: New Legislation on the Death Penalty

The first month of 2024 marks the start of new leg­isla­tive ses­sions for many states and a num­ber of new pro­pos­als per­tain­ing to the death penalty.Efforts to Abolish the Death PenaltyMissouri, Kentucky, and Ohio leg­is­la­tors have int…