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Ohio poised to continue to be a national leader in executions

By Douglas A. Berman

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One notable aspect of the modern death penalty is the concentration of executions in Texas and other southern states (as detailed in this DPIC chart). However, Ohio has been a recent outlier, with 20 execution over the last five years. And this new AP article suggests that Ohio is poised to continue its leading role in national execution realities: Ohio has between 15 and 20 inmates who have exhausted their appeals and are probably eligible ? or "ripe" in the language of attorneys ? for an execution date, according to both the State Public Defender's Office and the Ohio Attorney General. The number is unprecedented for a state that has executed 28 inmates since 1999 but which still has a majority of its original death row inmates behind bars...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).

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