The Dayton Daily News reports, "Death penalty changes debated in Springfield," by Brett Turner.
State death penalty reform recommendations were discussed during a forum Thursday in Springfield.
The event, held at St. Teresa Catholic Church and sponsored by Ohioans to Stop Executions, focused on a series of 56 recommendations issued in May by the Ohio Supreme Court’s Joint Task Force to Review the Administration of Ohio’s Death Penalty.
While the recommendations wouldn’t eliminate the death penalty in Ohio, the panelists talked about ways the reforms could keep innocent people off death row. Springfield was one of several Ohio stops on the forum tour.
"Ex-Death Row Inmate Hopes His Story Will Reform Ohio Executions," is by Jim Heath for WNBS-TV.
After 22 years in prison, Joe D'Ambrosio was thinking of the gurney he would be strapped to in just 72 hours. He was set to be executed by the state of Ohio knowing he was innocent of murder charges.
"It's literally over, no one wants to listen to the dead man walking," said D'Ambrosio. "Once you're convicted, you're through. If you don't have power, money or influence, and you get hooked into the system, you're done."
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After 22 years in prison, Joe D'Ambrosio was thinking of the gurney he would be strapped to in just 72 hours. He was set to be executed by the state of Ohio knowing he was innocent of murder charges.
"It's literally over, no one wants to listen to the dead man walking," said D'Ambrosio. "Once you're convicted, you're through. If you don't have power, money or influence, and you get hooked into the system, you're done."
WCMN-TV posts, "Death Penalty Comes Into Question In Ohio," by Mike Bowersock.
Earlier this year, the Ohio Supreme Court released a review on Ohio's death penalty.
None of the recommendations dealt with abolishing it but there were more than 50 recommendations to make it fair.
Tuesday night, some of the people involved with it spoke at a Columbus forum sponsored by Ohioans To Stop Executions.
"I see a change in public opinion mostly because of what we've been seeing nationally with what we see with DNA evidence," said Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Stephen McIntosh, who worked on the review.
Earlier coverage from Ohio begins at the link. You can also jump to earlier news of the OTSE forums. Also available, news of the Joint Task Force to Review the Administration of Ohio's Death Penalty, with links to the Final Report & Recommendations and the Dissenting Report of the Joint Task Force.
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