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Ohio


State update

Link to Ohioans to Stop Executions

Link to death penalty statute

Sections 2929.03(D)-(1),(2) and 2929.04

Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

January 1, 1974

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

No

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Youngstown and Mansfield (Women: Marysville)

Clemency process

Governor has authority to grant clemency with nonbinding advice of Board of Pardons and Paroles

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

10 am

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

5

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 32


Pending Executions

Vernon Smith: 1/7/2010
Mark Brown: 2/4/2010
Lawrence Reynolds: 3/9/2010
Darryl Durr: 4/20/2010
Michael Beuke: 5/13/2010
Richard Nields: 6/10/2010

Contact the SDPAC for Ohio

Send a message to the State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Ohio. Be sure to include your contact information so they can get back to you.

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