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New Prison Director in Ohio

By Steve Hall

The AP report, "Ohio prisons director could voice death penalty stance after overseeing lethal injections," by Julie Carr Smyth is via WJW-TV.When the man who oversaw a first-of-a-kind lethal injection wakes up on Monday, he'll be free to do what people the world over have done: Take a position on the death penalty. Ohio prisons director Terry Collins retires Sunday after 32 years at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, almost four as director. The 56-year-old Collins isn't giving his position yet but notes growing concern over the death penalty, citing cases where condemned prisoners were exonerated by DNA evidence and the cost of trials and lengthy appeals. Prisons officials around the nation have declared their opposition to the death penalty after retiring...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 01, 2010 (boomark / email).