USA - Ohio. Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, announced a committee will review the state's death penalty law

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, announced a committee will review the state's death penalty law and determine if changes should be made, but with an important caveat: It won't debate whether Ohio should have capital punishment. To conduct the study, Justice O'Connor called for a 20-person committee of judges, prosecuting attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, lawmakers and academic experts convened by the state's Supreme Court and the Ohio State Bar Association. The review will make sure the current system is administered fairly, efficiently and in the most "judicious manner possible," said Justice O'Connor. O'Connor made it clear that the review won't debate the law itself. Instead, it will review Ohio's current laws, practices elsewhere, data and costs.