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Call Governor Strickland to stop executions now!
  No more executions! We must continue to urge Governor Strickland to halt ALL executions indefinitely.

Update 12.08.09 On December 8, 2009, Ohio became the first state anywhere to execute someone using a never before used one-drug lethal injection method.

Please call (614) 466-3555 or email the governor with this message: "Ohio should abandon the death penalty. Making superficial changes does not solve the many problems with Ohio's death penalty. The system is fundamentally broken and should be abolished."

By rushing to implement these experimental new procedures, the risk is greater than ever that something may go wrong in the execution chamber. Also, they do not address the reality that Ohio’s execution team is ill-equipped and unqualified to perform these complex medical procedures.

In light of overwhelming problems with past executions, the state announced new lethal injection procedures would go into effect November 30, 2009. Despite the experimental nature of these new protocols, the state rushed to implement these new unproven procedures less than a month later on December 8, 2009.

Please call Governor Ted Strickland and tell him to put an end to executions. His number is (614) 466-3555. You can also email governor.info@governor.ohio.gov or contact him electronically here.

Thank you,
The ACLU of Ohio Legislative Team

PS – Please let us know once you have contacted Governor Strickland and if you receive a response. We can be reached at (216) 472-2200 or contact@acluohio.org.

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Resources

Read our September 15, 2009 press release calling for a halt to executions.

Read our September 18, 2009 press release announcing an investigation into the botched execution of Romell Broom.

Read the September 30, 2009 press release criticizing the state for refusing to review the failed execution.

Read our October 7, 2009 press release calling for an immediate halt on all executions and detailing our second records request for documents including any discussion of changes to execution procedures.

Read the December 8, 2009 press release decrying the state’s decision to resume executions.

Go to our Death Penalty page.

Read Execution Protocols and Procedures for selecting members of the execution team and carrying out executions in Ohio.  These documents were released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as a result of ACLU of Ohio litigation.