Almost half the men on Ohio's death row are black,...

Almost half the men on Ohio's death row are black, yet blacks make up just 9% of the state's population. It is the justice system's worst flaw, said State Rep. Peter Lawson Jones, a Democrat from Shaker Heights. "Whether or not you live or die, the most fundamental right of all, is contingent on your race, gender, socioeconomic status and that of your victim," Jones said.