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COLUMBUS — A coalition of Black ministers, lawmakers and national activists announced a new effort Tuesday to abolish the death penalty in Ohio, citi

Black faith leaders, lawmakers, push to end death penalty By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of Black ministers, lawmakers and national activists announced a new effort Tuesday to abolish the death penalty in Ohio, citing growing bipartisan opposition and the country’s recent reckoning over racial injustice. The death penalty is a modern cousin to lynching, with people of color disproportionately sentenced to death, said members of the Ohio Black Legislative Caucus and the Ohio Council of Churches. They also pointed to the March abolition of the d...

Black faith leaders, lawmakers, push to end death penalty ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015, file photo, Ohio state Rep. Nickie Antonio, a Democrat from Lakewood in suburban Cleveland, demonstrates tamper-resistant pain pills during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio death penalty opponents are announcing a new effort to end capital punishment that includes several GOP supporters of a ban. Antonio, a longtime death penalty opponent, was joined at a news conference Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, by three Republican sen...

Cincinnati Enquirer Abolishing the death penalty in Ohio will be a top priority for the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus this year, leaders said Tuesday. For years, bills to end executions have gone nowhere in the GOP-controlled Ohio General Assembly. But growing Republican support, heightened awareness of racial bias in the criminal justice system and the state's indefinite pause on executions have culminated in the right moment to stop the practice, Rep. Stephanie Howse said. "Wrong doesn’t beget wrong and we have to be able to bring those things together," Howse, D-Cleveland, said during a ...

Prosecutors to Pursue Death Penalty for Ohio Woman Charged in 4-Year-Old Daughter’s Death An Ohio mother who was charged with murder in the death of her young daughter will be eligible for the death penalty after she had her charges upgraded to capital murder, according to court documents. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph T. Deters announced the death penalty-eligible indictment against 25-year-old Tianna Robinson in a statement on Monday. Robinson has been accused of severely abusing her 4-year-old daughter, Nahla Miller. She allegedly beat and strangled the baby girl until her heart sto...