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
- Gary Beeman, 1979
- Dale Johnston, 1990
- Timothy Howard, 2003
- Gary Lamar James, 2003
- Derrick Jamison, 2005
Execution Method
Lethal InjectionTotal Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 32
Pending Executions
Vernon Smith: 1/7/2010Mark Brown: 2/4/2010
Lawrence Reynolds: 3/9/2010
Darryl Durr: 4/20/2010
Michael Beuke: 5/13/2010
Richard Nields: 6/10/2010
