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TAKE ACTION: Urge Governor Kasich to issue moratorium
1/23/2012
January 23, 2012 Joe D'Ambrosio was exonerated from Ohio's death row, raising Ohio's exoneration tally to six. TAKE ACTION TODAY! TELL GOV. KASICH TO STOP EXECUTIONS.  
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Sixth man exonerated in Ohio, 140th nationally
1/23/2012
Joe D'Ambrosio became the sixth man from Ohio to be exonerated from death row and the 140th exoneree in the United States.  
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Death-penalty opponents appeal to end system
12/15/2011
By Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch Against a backdrop of a 35-year low in U.S. death sentences, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul E. Pfeifer, family members of murder...  
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New report: sharp decline in death penalty
12/15/2011
The Death Penalty Information Center, Washington DC. The number of new death sentences dropped dramatically in 2011,  
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Helen Prejean calls for end to executions in Ohio
11/16/2011
Sr. Helen Prejean called on Ohio leaders to support the death peanlty repeal bill (HB 160) shortly after the execution of Reggie Brooks, 66, for the 1983 murders...  
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Judge concerned by fairness of death penalty
11/3/2011
The AP reports Ohio death penalty joint task force chair, Jim Brogan, a retired appeals court judge raises concerns...  
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Cost to taxpayers high for death penalty cases
10/17/2011
The Journal News has this article about the soaring death penalty costs.  
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Troy Davis execution raises national consciousness
9/24/2011
Troy Davis was executed in Georgia on September 21, 2011 amid world wide protests.  
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TAKE ACTION: Sixth Ohio death row exoneration, urge Governor for moratorium



Joe D'Ambrosio became the 140th death row exoneree and Ohio's 6th on January 23, 2012. Contact Governor Kasich today and urge him to stop executions.

Take action here.

 

 



Joe D'Ambrosio exonerated

 

Attorneys for former death row prisoner Joe D’Ambrosio confirm that the case against their client is resolved and D’Ambrosio is the sixth man exonerated from Ohio’s death row.  John Q. Lewis of Tucker Ellis & West LLP and David Mills of the Mills Law Office LLC said the United States Supreme Court denied the petition made by the Ohio Attorney General to review an August 2011 ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The highest court in the nation had the final say as to whether or not D’Ambrosio could be re-prosecuted.

 

Joe D’Ambrosio was wrongfully convicted of the 1989 murder of Anthony Klann in Cleveland. Cuyahoga County prosecutors withheld 10 pieces of evidence that would have exonerated D’Ambrosio at his trial and implicated another suspect in the crime.

 

"Today was 23 years in the making,” D’Ambrosio says. “I want to thank my attorneys John Q. Lewis and David Mills, my family and friends who stood by me to make this day possible. Justice has finally prevailed."

 

 

Send a strong message urging Governor Kasich to stop executions today by clicking here.

 

 

Click here to make a contribution in honor of the attorneys and advocates who fought for Joe's exoneration. Click this link to read OTSE's press release.

 

The Cleveland Plain Dealer has more coverage of this story.

 

Committee holds second hearing on abolition bill

The House Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony in support of HB 160, the death penalty abolition bill on December 14, 2011.

Murder victims' families, exonerees, attorneys, retired law enforcement officials, faith leaders, academics, researchers and advocacy groups and current state Supreme Court Judge testified that Ohio does not need the death penalty. 

(Pictured: Derrick Jamison and Kevin Werner after abolition bill hearing 12/14/2011) 

Help make sure OTSE begins 2012 and the legislative work ahead on the right track. Make your donation today to support OTSE's work to abolish the death penalty. For more information, contact Kevin at 614-560-0654.

 

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Troy Davis remembered

October 1 was the Day of Rememberance for Troy Davis. The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's Diann Rust-Tierney reflected on the execution of Troy Davis in an essay published by the Huffington Post.

Click here to read the essay. You can also watch highlights from the funeral service.

 

 

 

 



In the news 


 

  • D'Ambrosio becomes 140th death row exoneration

Joe D'Ambrosio was exonerated from Ohio's death row on January 23, 2012 after the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by the Ohio Attorney General. D'Ambrosio is the sixth man from Ohio to be freed from death row.

WKYC has more.

 

  • Executions in Ohio on hold, again

 

Ohio executiouns are on hold while the state prepares to ask the US Supreme Court to rule its execution protocol constitutional. The request from state officials at the Attorney General's office and Governor comes after a district court judge ruled that Ohio failed to follow its execution process again.

 

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district ruling setting the stage for the state to ask the highest court in the country for relief.

 

More on this from the New York Times.

 

  • Death Penalty Information Center report released: Death sentences, executions fall to historic lows.

 


The Death Penalty Information Center released an annual report on the state of capital punishment in the United States.

 

The report noted a sharp decline in new death sentences and executions in 2011.

 

 

 

 

 



Executions scheduled



Ohio has executions scheduled into 2014 in the following order:


Charles Lorraine         Inmate Number:  A194-013
County:  Trumbull
Clemency Hearing: December 13, 2011
Scheduled Execution:  Delayed, no date scheduled

Michael Webb       Inmate Number:  A246-589
County:  Clermont
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  February 22, 2012

Mark Wayne Wiles   Inmate Number:  A189-200
County:  Portage
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  April 18, 2012

Abdul Hamin Awkal     Inmate Number:  A267-328
County:  Cuyahoga
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  June 6, 2012

John J. Eley        Inmate Number:  A198-441
County:  Mahoning
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  July 26, 2012

Donald L. Palmer      Inmate Number:  A215-600
County:  Belmont
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  September 20, 2012

Brett Hartman     Inmate Number:  A357-869
County:  Summit
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  November 13, 2012

Ronald Post     Inmate Number:  A183-812
County:  Lorain
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  January 16, 2013

Fredrick Treesh     Inmate Number:  A307-703
County:  Lake
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  March 6, 2013

Steven T. Smith     Inmate Number:  A369-054
County:  Richland County
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  May 1, 2013

Billy Slagle         Inmate Number:  A203-172
County:  Cuyahoga
Clemency Hearing: August 24, 2013
Scheduled Execution:  August 7, 2013

Harry Mitts, Jr.         Inmate Number:  A305-433
County:  Cuyahoga
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  September 25, 2013

Ronald R. Phillip         Inmate Number:  A279-109
County:  Summit
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  November 14, 2013

Dennis McGuire         Inmate Number:  A305-892
County:  Preble
Clemency Hearing: TBA
Scheduled Execution:  January 16, 2014

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Click to sign the petition urging Ohio legislators to support the bill to abolish the death penalty, House Bill 160.



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