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The death penalty debate in the (bellwether?) capital state of Ohio

By Douglas A. Berman

Because I consider my own Ohio as a political bellwether, this new local article about death penalty debates in the state seems of more than just local interest.  The piece is headlined "While some push to end capital punishment in Ohio, others are fighting to keep it alive," and here are excerpts: Even as the Geauga County Common Pleas Court recently sentenced a person to death for the first time since at least 1981, two Ohio Democrats are lobbying for a bill that would eliminate the death penalty throughout the state.... [I]f state Reps. Ted Celeste of Grandview Heights and Nickie Antonio of Lakewood get their wish, the death penalty will come to a complete halt in the Ohio for the first time since 1981 as part of House Bill 160, called the "Execute Justice Bill...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 27, 2011 (boomark / email).