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Ohio: a de Facto Abolition State

Ohio’s death penalty system has experienced a five-year hiatus. The last execution was of Robert van Hook, who was killed by employees of the state on July 18, 2018, despite evidence linking his behaviour to his “bizarre, chaotic, violent” childhood. … Continue reading

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Will Ohio’s Death Penalty End?

Four times in the last decade Ohio’s Democrat Senator Nickie Antonio has sponsored a bill to abolish the death penalty in the state, without success. This year feels different. With executions halted because lethal injection drugs are unobtainable, pressure is … Continue reading

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