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Senate Bill 101 backers wear shirts that say #NoDeathPenaltyOH in the Judiciary committee on Nov. 13, 2024.
Sarah Donaldson
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Advocates say Ohio ‘can’t ignore’ ratio of executed to exonerated death row inmates
Sarah Donaldson
Ohio has executed 56 men since 1981 and vacated the convictions of 12 other men. Over the course of five decades, that’s a roughly 1-in-5 executed-to-exonerated ratio.
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