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CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF OHIO DEATH PENALTY PAGE Society has a duty to defend life against violence and to reach out to victims of crime. Yet our nation’s increasing reliance on the death penalty cannot be justified. Because we have other ways to protect society that are more respectful of human life, the Catholic church supports efforts to end the use of the death penalty and, in the meantime, to restrain its use through broader use of DNA evidence, access to effective counsel, and efforts to address unfairness and injustice related to application of the death penalty. |
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"The Culture of Life" Catholic Teachings from the Vatican on the Death Penalty |
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Ohio Execution Alerts
Jason Getsy is scheduled for execution on August 18, 2009 for the death of Ann Serafino from Hubbard.
Lawrence Reynolds Jr. is scheduled for execution on October 8, 2009 for the death of Loretta Mae Foster from Cuyahoga Falls.
Ohio Death Penalty Legislation Death Penalty Updates U.S. Catholic Bishops launch Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty. History of the Death Penalty in Ohio with pictures. Updated 2/24/2009 History of the Death Penalty in Ohio without pictures. Updated 2/24/2009 Ohio Executions, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Bishops' Statements: A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death. U.S. Bishops, November 2005 Justice & Mercy: Reassessing the Death Penalty Ohio Bishops,1987 Shortening Death Penalty Appeal Procedures Ohio Bishops, June 7, 1994 Affirming Justice & Mercy: Reassessing the Death Penalty Ohio Bishops, June 28, 1996 Resources: Religion and the Death Penalty, Death Penalty Information Center Multi-media Resources: Video Clips, Podcasts, Death Penalty Information Center Special Report: Death Row in Ohio, Dayton Daily News. 2/23/09 IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE DEATH PENALTY IN OHIO: Ohioans To Stop Executions Education and Action Resources, 2007 Introduction and Table of Contents Background on Ohioans To Stop Executions Issues of Concern: Innocence, Fairness and Equity, Mental Illness, Cost, National Trends, Lethal Injection History of the Death Penalty in Ohio History of the Death Penalty in Ohio with Photos Death Penalty Studies & the Need for a Moratorium Links Ohioans to Stop Executions website National Death Penalty Information Center Ohio Dept. of Correction's Listing of Executions in Ohio, 1999 to Present Catholic Campaign Against the Death Penalty Ohio Death Penalty Information Blog A Declaration of Life - Release form indicating a personal preference that the death penalty not be pursued should I become a murder victim. The Death Penalty: Time to Reassess - Color flyer Death Penalty Tools - Resource list from Interfaith Coalition to Stop Executions Resource Listing regarding the Death Penalty- Updated November 2004. Death Penalty History -List of executions in Ohio from Ohioans to Stop Executions Bishop Griffin Signs Moratorium Call - press release from OTSE - 10/9/03 On the Death Penalty - Reflections from Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk Renewing Our Call to End the Death Penalty - From USCCB, 11/2000 Petition to Stop the Death Penalty - From Interfaith Coalition to Stop Executions |
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OHIO CATHOLIC STUDENTS FOR PEACE & JUSTICE CALL FOR THE END OF THE DEATH PENALTY: |
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Information on Contacting Elected Officials Click here to Contact Governor Strickland. Need More Information Contact Jim Tobin , 614-224-7147 or cell 614-560-0654. |
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