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Jan 9, 2023 · We’ve curated the most powerful quotes from individuals who are against the death penalty — including activists, abolitionists, political leaders, and the families of victims.
- Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders. Albert Camus. Punishment, Murder, Penalties.
- Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. Henry Ford. Inspirational, Punishment, Charity.
- Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears but not by blood. Victor Hugo. Blow, Blood, Tears.
- I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own right to live.
Dec 5, 2023 · Bipartisan bills to abolish the death penalty have come and gone repeatedly in recent Ohio legislative sessions, with most never advancing beyond a single hearing. But this fall, two bills have been introduced both in the House and the Senate, and the bills’ supporters think they have more momentum than in the past.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Ohio, although all executions have been suspended indefinitely by Governor Mike DeWine until a replacement for lethal injection is chosen by the Ohio General Assembly. [1]
Ohio reinstated the death penalty in 1974, but the law was struck down as unconstitutional in 1978. The current law went into effect in 1981. HB 160, a death penalty abolition bill, was introduced by Rep. Ted Celeste in the 129th General Assembly on March 15, 2011.
“The death penalty is a necessary tool to protect innocent lives.” – George W. Bush. “I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s human to become an angel of death.” – Sister Helen Prejean.
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From 1897 to 1963 there were 315 persons put to death in the electric chair including three women. In 1972, the United States Supreme Court declared the death penalty to be unconstitutional. The decision reduced the death sentences of 60 Ohio incarcerated individuals to life in prison.
