VIDEO: Chairman of Task Force and Former Prosecutor Urges Adoption of Recommendations

On May 6th, Ohioans to Stop Executions was in Wapakoneta, Ohio for our Voices of Experience speaker series. Voices of Experience connects individuals who have first-hand experience with Ohio’s death penalty system with Ohioans throughout the state. Watch an exclusive excerpt of the May 6th event below, featuring The Honorable Judge James Brogran. Judge Brogan is a former prosecutor and is the chairman of the Ohio Supreme Court Joint Task Force to Review the Administration of Ohio’s Death Penalty. Although he supports the death penalty in principle, Judge Brogan identifies deep flaws in the system that exists in Ohio today and urges implementation of the Task Force’s 56 recommendations: