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- NOVEMBER 15, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Ohio's electric chair, which has sat unused since 1963,...
Ohio's electric chair, which has sat unused since 1963, was idled permanently when the Senate voted 26-3 to abolish electrocution as a means of execution
- OCTOBER 30, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Terrorists whose acts kill Ohioans could face the death...
Terrorists whose acts kill Ohioans could face the death penalty under a bill endorsed Tuesday by Gov
- OCTOBER 9, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court extended Ohio...
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court extended Ohio inmate John Byrd Jr
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Condemned now can speak last words - Ohio had restricted...
Condemned now can speak last words - Ohio had restricted it to writing
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court postponed until Sept
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court postponed until Sept
- AUGUST 21, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
The state will move executions to earlier in the day...
The state will move executions to earlier in the day to lower costs and improve convenience
- AUGUST 21, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Only 4% of defendants were sentenced to death in Ohio...
Only 4% of defendants were sentenced to death in Ohio in 2000, the lowest percentage since records have been kept
- JULY 18, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department...
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, said that the state should execute condemned inmates by lethal injection only and retire the electric chair because malfunctions could prove too stressful for prison staffers
- JUNE 28, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mark Schweikert of the Hamilton County Common...
Judge Mark Schweikert of the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court sentenced Patrick Leonard to death for killing his girlfriend, Dawn Flick, last July
- JUNE 19, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Conservative Republicans have been speaking out against...
Conservative Republicans have been speaking out against the state's use of capital punishment
- JUNE 14, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 6, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Toledo, Ohio, this afternoon, the same 3-judge panel...
In Toledo, Ohio, this afternoon, the same 3-judge panel that gave Joseph Green the death penalty in 1998 sentenced him to life in prison without parole