We are faith leaders, community leaders, activists, attorneys, death row exonerees and those who have lost loved ones to violence. OTSE is the state affiliate of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

OTSE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1988 by individuals and organizations across our state. Our partners include the Ohio Catholic Conference, the Ohio Council of Churches, the ACLU of Ohio, Amnesty International, the NAACP of Ohio, the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, Witness to Innocence, Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, Families that Matter and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, among others.

Today, OTSE consists of more than 5,000 individual members and over 250 organizations that support our work to abolish the death penalty.