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Ohio ? aka the Texas of the north ? setting busy execution schedule

By Douglas A. Berman

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Though not historically a state with lots of executions, Ohio in recent years has been one of the most active death penalty states. And, as detailed in local articles here and here, the "pace of executions in Ohio has become so brisk that the Ohio Supreme Court plans to slow it down a tad." As indicated in this order denying a stay for a defendant who is scheduled to be executed next month only a week after another scheduled execution, the Ohio Supreme Court indicated that "[i]n general, future execution dates will be scheduled in order that at least three weeks will lapse between scheduled executions." And, as reporting in this AP feature, an additional four Ohio executions are also scheduled for later in 2009. If all seven executions go forward in Ohio, the state will have a (not-quite-)record-setting number of executions in a single year in a state not named Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).