Bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers pushes to end state’s death penalty
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
In this Nov. 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is again trying to pass legislation abolishing capital punishment in the state. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio lawmakers are again introducing legislation to abolish the state’s death penalty – but this time, there’s growing confidence that the measure has the bipartisan support needed to become law.