Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Mar 04, 2010
On March 3, a federal District Court barred the re-prosecution of former Ohio death row inmate Joe D’Ambrosio (pictured) for the murder of Tony Klann over 22 years ago. The court had ruled in 2006 that state prose…
Innocence
,Sep 28, 2021
Two men exonerated from death row, one in Ohio and one in Oklahoma, have received million ‑dollar payouts for their wrongful convictions and death sentences. Both were tried and convicted in counties with long his…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Sep 10, 2020
Eight years after his exoneration from death row, an Ohio trial court judge has declared that Joe D’Ambrosio (pictured) was “wrongfully imprisoned.” The August 31, 2020 ruling by Cuyahoga County C…
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Jan 23, 2012
On January 23, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the state of Ohio challenging the unconditional writ of habeas corpus and bar to the re-prosecution of Joe D’Ambrosio (pic…
Innocence
,Public Opinion
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Feb 23, 2021
A bipartisan group of legislators has announced the introduction of a bill to repeal Ohio’s death penalty. In a virtual press conference on February 18, 2021, four Republican and four Democratic legislators spoke about the latest effort to end cap…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Apr 06, 2020
Ohio death-row prisoner Melvin Bonnell (pictured) has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to vacate his conviction and death sentence after his lawyers discovered physical evidence from his case that Cuyahoga Co…
