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Potent(?) pace of executions in Ohio starting to produce pushback

By Douglas A. Berman

This new article from the Columbus Dispatch, which is headlined "Death Row cases should be reviewed, justice says," highlights that some prominent folks are starting to take note and lament Ohio's recent record on administering the death penalty.  Here are excerpts from the article: The "father of Ohio's death penalty," Supreme Court Justice Paul E. Pfeifer, says all current Death Row cases should be reviewed to see which ones warrant execution -- and which should be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. "There are probably few people in Ohio that are proud of the fact we are executing people at the same pace as Texas," Pfeifer told The Dispatch.  His comments came the day after the lethal injection of Michael Beuke, the fifth Ohioan executed this year and the 38th since 1999...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 15, 2010 (boomark / email).