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Apr 2, 2022 · In short, Ohio imposes death sentences on perpetrators of brutal and revolting murders, then spends years debating, reviewing, appealing and failing to act on those decisions. The following numbers illustrate the glacial pace of capital cases: • Average age of person on death row (as of April 1, 2022) = 54.40 years
Apr 1, 2022 · (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued the 2021 Capital Crimes Annual Report, which includes information and a procedural history on each case that has resulted in a death sentence in Ohio since 1981.
As it always has, this annual Capital Crimes report presents the most current information about the operation of Ohio’s capital punishment system: its history and operation, details about who is on death row and why, and the status of their cases if they are under appeal.
Jul 19, 2021 · 2021. Ohio. NEWS (7/21/21) — Ohio: The Ohio Supreme Court has vacated the conviction and death sentence for George Brinkman, finding that he had not been advised of critical constitutional rights when he entered a guilty plea in his 2018 capital trial and that his plea was therefore invalid.
Oct 5, 2021 · COLUMBUS, Ohio - Attorneys for Christopher Whitaker - who was sentenced to death for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Alianna DeFreeze, the 14-year-old Cleveland girl who went missing...
Oct 25, 2022 · Capital sentencing has proven to be unreliable not just in Ohio but wherever the death penalty is used in this country. Over the last fifty years, 190 people have been exonerated and released from death row. Twenty-one of those exonerations resulted from DNA testing.
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Apr 6, 2022 · On the cost front, the report notes that capital murder cases, from start to finish, cost two-and-a-half to five times more than non-capital ones. Put another way, the state spends at least double when it sentences a convicted murderer to death instead of life in prison.
