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The latest data on the shrinking death row in Ohio

By Douglas A. Berman

This article from the Columbus Dispatch, which is headlined "Ohio's Death Row growing smaller," details that Ohio's recent execution successes has helped reduce the size of the state's death row. Here are some of the numbers: Anthony Kirkland of Cincinnati became the first person sentenced to death in Ohio this year yesterday for the murder of two teenage girls. Only one person was sentenced to death in Ohio all of last year. The Capital Crimes Annual Report being released today by Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray showed that as of Dec. 31, there were 163 pending death sentences, including two inmates who have two apiece and one who is imprisoned out of state. That means Ohio's Death Row, which once held 204 people, was down to 160 residents, including one woman...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 01, 2010 (boomark / email).