Post by thinkinkmesa on Oct 31, 2011 20:52:10 GMT -5
Ohio death penalty review committee to meet
A committee charged with examining possible changes to Ohio's death penalty law meets the first time this week.
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor has convened the task force while making it clear the committee won't debate whether Ohio should have capital punishment.
The committee, to meet publicly on Thursday at the Ohio State
Bar Association, includes veteran prosecutors who have long
supported the death penalty, along with defense attorneys who have fought its imposition.
The committee also includes judges, lawmakers, a sheriff,
academic experts and a representative of the state prison system.
O'Connor, a Republican and a former prosecutor, has said the
committee's goal is to produce a fair, impartial, and balanced
analysis of the state's 30-year-old law.
www.abc6onyourside.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.oh/306594c8-www.abc6onyourside.com.shtml
A committee charged with examining possible changes to Ohio's death penalty law meets the first time this week.
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor has convened the task force while making it clear the committee won't debate whether Ohio should have capital punishment.
The committee, to meet publicly on Thursday at the Ohio State
Bar Association, includes veteran prosecutors who have long
supported the death penalty, along with defense attorneys who have fought its imposition.
The committee also includes judges, lawmakers, a sheriff,
academic experts and a representative of the state prison system.
O'Connor, a Republican and a former prosecutor, has said the
committee's goal is to produce a fair, impartial, and balanced
analysis of the state's 30-year-old law.
www.abc6onyourside.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.oh/306594c8-www.abc6onyourside.com.shtml