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Ohio ? aka the northern Texas ? executes again

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AP article, Ohio executed another multiple murderer this morning.  This was Ohio's third execution in 2009 and its twenty-third execution since 2004.  With respect to the death penalty, I think it is fair and appropriate to now call Ohio the Texas of the north: except for a few states in the south, Ohio has had executed many, many more killers than any other state in recent years. To date, I have seen relatively few academics or leading public policy groups or even hard-core abolitionists making a big deal about the fact that Ohio has become of leading modern death penalty state.  My cynical explanation would be that Ohio's experience with the death penalty does not easily or effectively fit into certain anti-death-penalty narratives often stressed by academics and public policy groups and abolitionists, Ohio's recent experiences with capital punishment is often ignored rather than engaged...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).