Author: OTSE

Ohio’s executions are flawed and must be fixed, but officials would make problems worse by cloaking them in secrecy. Unfortunately, that appears to be the path they’re on…

It’s time Ohio start wondering why it’s facing so many obstacles to putting people to death, instead of working so feverishly to overcome them by denying the public critical information — including the names […]

We’re already spending enormous resources on executing offenders—longer and more expensive trials, and usually 15-20 years in post-conviction proceedings. One might think the sudden unavailability of execution drugs would give […]

While the recommendations wouldn’t eliminate the death penalty in Ohio, the panelists talked about ways the reforms could keep innocent people off death row. Springfield was one of several Ohio […]