[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARIZ., CALIF., USA

2016-09-06 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 6 OHIO: Anti-death penalty group wants court recommendations enacted Ohio's largest anti-death penalty group wants more recommendations for changing the state's capital punishment law to be enacted. Ohioans To Stop Executions says lawmakers have only approved 4 of 56 proposals

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARIZ., CALIF., USA

2016-04-21 Thread Rick Halperin
April 21 OHIO: Ohio high court upholds death penalty for former Toledoan The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence for a former Toledo man who shot a convenience store clerk during a 2008 robbery. The high court rejected the argument that Anthony Belton, 30, should

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2009-02-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 14 OHIO: Jury finds man guilty in murder of infant; Ross spared death penalty A jury concluded today that John V. Ross II killed his son but spared him from the death penalty. Deliberating about nine hours over two days, jurors convicted Ross, 29, of murder, a lesser charge of