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​History of Capital Punishment in Ohio  
Capital punishment has been a part of Ohio’s justice system since early in the state’s history. From 1803, when Ohio became a state, until 1885, executions were carried out by public hanging in the county where the crime was committed. In 1885, the legislature enacted a law that required executions to be carried out at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus - 28 convicted murderers were hanged at the penitentiary. . . .  In 1897, the electric chair, considered to be a more technologically advanced and humane form of execution, replaced the gallows.  From 1897 to 1963 there were 315 persons put to death in the electric chair including three women. . . . In 1972, the United States Supreme Court declared the death penalty to be unconstitutional. . . . In 1974, the Ohio General Assembly revised Ohio’s Death Penalty law, but the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the new law in 1978. . . .  After drafting a new law to reflect the strict criteria for the imposition of the death sentence, Ohio lawmakers enacted the current capital punishment statute, which took effect Oct. 19, 1981. . . . In 1993, a bill granting prisoners the option to choose between death by electrocution or lethal injection was passed. . . . . On February 19, 1999, inmate Wilford Berry, "The Volunteer", became the first inmate to be executed in Ohio since 1963, having waived all of his appeals - 8 others have "volunteered" since. . . . 
On November 15, 2001, the electric chair was  eliminating as a form of execution. The only method of execution in Ohio is lethal injection. . . .   
On November 30, 2009, DRC became the first state in the country to adopt a one-drug protocol for lethal injections.  The revised protocol also includes a back up method for intramuscular injection, should vascular access be problematic. . . .To date, Ohio has executed a total of 393 convicted murderers.     http://www.drc.ohio.gov

Death Penalty Information Center
The DPIC is a national non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.    Ohio
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org

Ohio’s Death Row

Fr. Neil Kookoothe has developed a website that looks at the history, current situation, individuals on death row and how we can help. The site gives lots of detail on the current situation of death row in Ohio.
http://www.ohiodeathrow.com

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Helen Prejean, CSJ
This is the official website of Sister Prejean, who wrote “Dead Man Walking” about her experience being the spiritual advisor of a death row inmate.  Today, she educates the public about the death penalty by lecturing, organizing and writing.  As the founder of "Survive," a victim’s advocacy group in New Orleans, she continues to counsel not only inmates on death row, but the families of murder victims, as well.
http://www.prejean.org

Catholic Campaign to End the Death Penalty
“Catholic teaching offers a unique perspective on crime and punishment. It begins with the recognition that the dignity of the human person applies to both victims and their families. It also acknowledges the God-given dignity of every human life, even those who do great harm.”
http://www.ccedp.org
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Pax Christi USA
Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. 
http://www.paxchristiusa.org

The Ohio prison inmates listed below have been sentenced to death for convictions of aggravated murder and have execution dates. There are currently 138 males and one female on Ohio's ​death row.

2021

Elwood Hubert Jones
Elwood Hubert Jones -                  Hamilton County
Scheduled execution on April 21, 2021 for the death of Rhoda Nathan on September 3, 1994. Previously scheduled execution date:  January 9, 2019 - September 3, 1997.

Gregory Lott
Gregory Lott -                                  Cuyahoga County
Scheduled execution on May 27, 2021 for the death of John McGrath on July 23, 1986. Previously scheduled execution dates: 
March 12, 2020 - August 14, 2019 - April 20, 2016 - May 14,
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 November 19, 2014 - March 19, 2014 - April 27, 2004, and 
August
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Archie J. Dixon
Archie J. Dixon -                           Lucas County
Scheduled execution on June 23, 2021 for the death of Christopher Hammer on September 22, 1993. Previously scheduled execution date: March 20, 2019.

Timothy J.Hoffner
Timothy J. Hoffner -                       Lucas County
Scheduled execution on August 11, 2021 for the death of Christopher Hammer on September 22, 1993. Previously scheduled execution date: May 29, 2019..

John David Stumpf
 John David Stumpf -                   Guernsey County
Scheduled execution on September 15, 2021 for the death of Mary Jane Stout on May 21, 1984. Previously scheduled execution date: April 16, 2020 - November 14, 2018 - January 3, 2018 -
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Lawrence Landrum
     Lawrence Landrum -                       Ross County
     Scheduled execution on December 9, 2021 for the death of 
Harold White, Sr.​ ​on September 19, 1985.   
     Previously 
scheduled execution date: February 12, 2020.

2022

W.K. Henness
Warren K. Henness -                   Franklin County 
Scheduled execution on January 12, 2022  for the death of Richard Myers on March 20, 1992. He had previously been scheduled for execution on
May 14, 2020 -  - September 12, 2019 -  February 13, 2019 -
                                                      
March 14, 2018 - February 13, 2018 - June 22, 2016 - July 15, 2015 --          
                                                     
January 7, 2015

Stanley T. Adams
     Stanley T. Adams-                        Trumbull County   
     Scheduled execution on February 16, 2022 for the deaths of Esther and Ashley Cook on October 11, 1999.

Romell Broom
      Romell Broom -                              Cuyahoga County   
      Scheduled for execution on March 22, 2022 for the death of Tryna Middleton on September 21, 1984.        
      Previously scheduled execution date: June 17, 2020, September 15, 2009 - October 24, 1985.

John E. Drummond, Jr.
      John E. Drummond, Jr.-           Ashtabula County
      Scheduled execution on 
April 21, 2022 for the death of  Jiyen Dent, Jr. on March 24, 2003.

James Galen Hanna
James Galen Hanna -                      Lucas County
Scheduled execution on May 22, 2022 for the death of Peter Copas on August 22, 1997. Previously 
scheduled execution date: July 16, 2020, December 11, 2019.  He was in prison serving a life sentence for the death of Edward V. Tucker and attempted aggravated murder of Harvey W. Blitz.  

Percy Hutton
     Percy Hutton-                             Cuyahoga County     
     Scheduled execution on June 22, 2022 for the death of Derek "Ricky" Mitchell and attempting to 
     murder Samuel Simmons Jr. on September 16, 1985.

Douglas L.amont Coley
Douglas Lamont Coley -                 Lucas County
Scheduled execution on July 20, 2022 for the death of Samar El-Okdi on January 3, 1997. Previously scheduled execution date: August 12, 2020, September 18, 2019 - March 14, 2018.

Cedric Carter
     Cedric Carter-                         Hamilton County   
     Scheduled execution on August 24, 2022 for the death of Frances Messinger on April 6, 1992.

James D. Tench
James D. Tench-                      Cuyahoga County                                                                                                  Scheduled execution on September 14, 2022 for the death of  Mary Tench on  November 11-12, 2013.
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Kareem M. Jackson
Kareem M. Jackson -                        Franklin County
Scheduled execution on September 15, 2022 for the deaths of Antonio Hunter and Terrance Walker on March 25, 1997.  Previously scheduled execution dates: 
September 16, 2020, January 16, 2020 - July 10,                                                                                                  2019 - September 21,  2016 and January 21, 2016. 

Quisi Bryan
Quisi Bryan -                           Cuyahoga County
Scheduled execution on October 26, 2022 for the death of Wayne Leon on June 25, 2000.

2023

Antonio Franklin
Antonio Franklin-                  Montgomery County
Scheduled execution on January 12, 2023 for the deaths of Ivory Fraanklin, Ophelia Franklin, and Anthony Franklin on April 18, 1997.
Stanley L. Fitzpatrick
Stanley L. Fitzpatrick -                    Hamilton County
Scheduled execution on February 15, 2023 for the death of Dorothea Hayes and Shenay (12yr) on June 7, 2001; and Elton "Arybie"Rose  on June 8, 2001.  Previously scheduled execution date: October 14, 2020, May 30, 2018.

David A. Sneed
David A. Sneed -                                Stark County
Scheduled execution on April 19, 2023 for the death of Herbert Rowan on November 19, 1984. Previously scheduled execution date: December 9, 2020, August 1, 2018

Cleveland R.Jackson
Cleveland R. Jackson -                     Allen County
Scheduled execution on June 15, 2023
 for the death of Leneshia Williams on January 3, 2002. Previously scheduled execution dates: January 13, 2021, November 13, 2019 -  May 29, 2019 - September 13, 2018 - July 20, 2016 - November 17, 2015.

James Derrick O'Neal
James Derrick O'Neal -                   Hamilton County
Scheduled execution on August 16, 2023 for the death of Carol Ann O'Neal on December 11, 1993. Previously scheduled execution date: February 18, 2021, October 10, 2018

Melvin Bonnell
Melvin Bonnell -                              Cuyahoga County
Scheduled execution on October 18, 2023 for the death of Robert Bunner on November 28, 1986. Previously scheduled execution date: March 18, 2021, February 12, 2020 - April 11, 2018 - October 18, 2017.

2024

John Stojetz
John Stojetz -                           Madison County
Scheduled execution on March 14, 2024 for the death of Damico Watkins on April 25, 1996.

Date Removed

Anthony  Belton
    Anthony Belton -                        Lucas County
    Scheduled execution on 
Date Removed for the death of Matthew Dugan on August 13, 2008. 
    Previously 
scheduled execution date: March 11, 2020.
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Steven E. Cepecs
Steven E. Cepec -                       Lorain County
Scheduled execution on 
Date Removed for the death of Frank Munz on June 03, 2010. Previously scheduled execution date: March 24, 2021 - June 03, 2014.


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Nathaniel Jackson
   Nathaniel Jackson -                 Trumbull County
   Scheduled execution on 
Date Removed for the death of Robert Fingerhut on December 11, 2001. 
   Previously 
scheduled execution date: July 15, 2020.


Caron E.  Montgomery
   Caron E. Montgomery -                Franklin County
   Scheduled execution on Date Removed for the deaths of Tia, Tyron, & Tahlia Hendricks on November 25,     
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Previously scheduled execution date: May 13, 2020.

Austin Myers
Austin Myers                                Warren County                                                                                                Scheduled execution on Date Removed for the death of Justin Back on January 28, 2014. Previously scheduled execution on July 20, 2022 - November 14 2014.

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Denny Obermiller
   Denny Obermiller -                         Cuyahoga County
   Scheduled execution on Date Removed for the deaths of Candace & Donald Schneider in August, 2010.   
   Previously 
scheduled execution date: January 15, 2020.

Jeffrey  Wogenstahl
 Jeffrey Wogenstahl -                     Hamilton County
 Scheduled execution on 
Date Removed  for the death of Amber Garrett on November 24, 1991.  Previously scheduled execution dates: April 17, 2019 - September 13, 2017 - November 16, 2016 - January
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 and 
May  14,  2015.

STAYED

Jeremiah Jackson
Jeremiah Jackson -                      Cuyahoga County                      STAYED
Scheduled execution on March 22, 2017 for the death of Tracy Pickryl on June 18, 2009. Previously
scheduled execution date: April, 2010.

Donald Ketterer
  Donald Ketterer -                           Butler County                              STAYED
  Scheduled execution on May 17, 2017 for the death of Lawrence Sanders on February 24, 2003. 
  Previously 
scheduled execution date: 
June 24, 2004.

Mark Pickens
  Mark Pickens -                              Hamilton County                          STAYED
  Scheduled execution on July 19, 2017 for the deaths of Noelle Washington, Anthony Jones III (9mo),     
​  and 
Sha’Railyn Wright (3yrs) on June 1, 2009. Previously scheduled execution date: July 1, 2010.

Anthony Sowell
      Anthony Sowell -                            Cuyahoga  County                          STAYED
      Scheduled execution on
Date Removed for the deaths of ​Tonia Carmichael, Telicia Fortson, Crystal
      Dozier, Amelda "Amy" Hunter, Michelle Mason, Tishana Culver, Leshanda Long, Nancy Cobbs, Janice
​      Webb, Kim Yvette Smith, Diane Turner. Previously scheduled execution date: November 18, 2020.

Dawud E.  Spaulding
Dawud E. Spaulding -                    Summit County
Scheduled execution on 
January 20, 2021 for the death of Ernest “Ernie” Thomas and Erica Singleton on December 15, 2011. Previously scheduled execution date: March 03, 2014.

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 AHMED, NAWAZ

 ALLEN, DAVID

 APANOVITCH, ANTHONY

 AWKAL, H ABDUL

 BALLEW, T TYRONE

 BATES, E GLEN

 BAYS, R RICHARD

 BEASLEY, J RICHARD

 BETHEL, W ROBERT

 BRADEN, L DAVID

 BRINKLEY, GRADY

 BRINKMAN, C GEORGE

 CARTER, SEAN

 CASSANO, A AUGUST

 CHINN, V DAVEL

 CLINTON, L CURTIS

 COLEMAN, L TIMOTHY

 CONWAY III, JAMES

 COOK, L DERRICK

 CUNNINGHAM, D JERONIQUE

 DAVIS, ROLAND

 DAVIS, C VON

 ELMORE, E PHILLIP

 ESPARZA, GREGORY

 FORD, E SHAWN

 FROMAN, L TERRY

 FRY JR, CLARENCE

 GAPEN, J LARRY

 GARRETT, D KRISTOFER

 GILLARD, G JOHN

 GOFF, R JAMES

 GRAHAM, D DAMANTAE

 GRATE, M SHAWN

 GROUP, A SCOTT

 HALE, DELANO

 HAND, R GERALD

 HENDERSON, JEROME

 HILL, L DANNY

 HUGHBANKS, GARY

 HUNDLEY, LANCE

 HUNTER, LAMONT

 JACKSON, L ANDRE

 JALOWIEC, E STANLEY

 JOHNSON, MARVIN

 JONES, G ODRAYE

 JONES, L PHILLIP

 KINLEY, A JUAN

 KIRKLAND, ANTHONY

 KNUFF JR, E THOMAS

 LAMAR, KEITH

 LANG, L EDWARD

 LAWSON, L ARRON

 LINDSEY, G CARL

 LORRAINE, L CHARLES

 LOZA, T JOSE

 LYNCH, RALPH

 MACK, CLARENCE

 MADISON, MICHAEL

 MAMMONE, JAMES

 MARTIN, DAVID

 MAXWELL, CHARLES

 MCALPIN, JOSEPH

 MCKELTON, S CALVIN

 MCKNIGHT, B GREGORY

 MCNEILL, FREDDIE

 MONROE, D JONATHAN

 MOORE, LEE

 MORELAND, SAMUEL

 MUNDT, A FREDERICK

 MYERS, L DAVID

 NEYLAND JR, C CALVIN

 NICHOLSON, MATTHEW

 NOLING, L TYRONE

 OSIE, C GREGORY

 PEREZ, KERRY

 POWELL, WAYNE

 RAGLIN, L WALTER

 ROBB, H JASON

 ROBERTS, M DONNA

 ROJAS, J MARTIN

 SANDERS, A CARLOS

 SAPP, K WILLIAM

 SCOTT, D MICHAEL

 SCUDDER, KEVIN

 SHEPPHARD, T BOBBY

 SHORT, A DUANE

 SKATZES, W GEORGE

 SMITH, W KENNETH

 SPIVEY, WARREN

 THOMPSON, L ASHFORD

 TRIMBLE, E JAMES

 TURNER, R MICHAEL

 TWYFORD III, A RAYMOND

 WADDY, WARREN

 WEBB, MICHAEL

 WERE, JAMES

 WESSON, R HERSIE

 WHITAKER, L CHRISTOPHER

 WILKS JR, G WILLIE

 WILLIAMS, ANDRE

 WILLIAMS, D CLIFFORD

 WILLIAMS JR, ROBERT

 WORLEY, D JAMES
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