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The common thread of what proponents are voicing is there is something for everyone to hate about the death penalty. The only question now is whether it is enough for Ohio to finally end laws and practices that manage to represent everything flawed with our criminal legal system.

HB 8 is a bill which requires and incentivizes the recording of custodial interrogations for specific, serious crimes.

The ACLU of Ohio staff, board, and volunteers are nowhere near putting our feet up in 2021

Below is our Chief Lobbyist Gary Daniels' opponent testimony on House Bill 3. This was delivered to the House Criminal Justice Committee on June 13, 2019.

Wednesday, September the 13th, marks the second execution to take its place in the State of Ohio following a three year rupture after Governor John Kasich launched a moratorium on executions, subsequent to the torturous effects of the lethal concoction of midazolam and hydromorphone used in the execution of Dennis McGuire on January 16th, 2014. McGuire‘s botched execution should be a caution to every state that takes on the role of ‘hangman’. and becomes responsible for inflicting unnecessary conditions surrounding the execution that violate the Eight Amendment. After all, McGuire’s execution was a clear sign of how inhumane and cruel capital punishment truly is.