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ABA Report Finds Numerous Serious Flaws In Ohio's Capital Punishment System / Calls for Governor to Declare Moratorium Pending Death Penalty Study

As part of the American Bar Association's series of comprehensive studies of several states' death penalty systems, the ABA's Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Report was released today, finding numerous serious flaws in the implementation of Ohio's system of capital punishment - and calling on Governor Strickland to halt executions pending the outcome of a study to determine if the system can be corrected.  A breakdown of the report - by far the most comprehensive and scientific look at how Ohio's death penalty is working - is on the ABA website here, and as follows...  Major sections of the report: Executive Summary of the Ohio Death Penalty Report (42-page pdf) Full Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Report (495-page pdf) Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Guide (88-page Word doc...continue to full post

Full post as published by Ohio Death Penalty Information on September 24, 2007 (boomark / email).