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Executions are performed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are coming together to back a bill that would do away with the death penalty in Ohio.
For the sixth time in a decade, a Democratic state lawmaker has proposed a bill to end the death penalty in Ohio. But this time the measure has significant Republican support.
But things are different this time, Antonio said: “For the first time, we announce today a bipartisan team of legislators to abolish the death penalty in the state of Ohio.
Antonio was joined on the conference call announcing the legislation by several Democrats and Republicans who seem unlikely to agree on anything beyond this issue. Reps. Adam Miller (D-Columbus) and Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) even joined the call together from Miller s office.
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State Sen. Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) has been working on a death penalty moratorium since 2011. She s introduced similar bills in 2013 and in 2015, with then-Rep. and current Sen. Niraj Antani (R-Miami Township).
She was alone in proposing the ban in 2017, and was joined by Republican co-sponsor state Sen. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) for her first Senate bill try in 2019.
Things are different this time, Antonio said.
“For the first time, we announce today a bipartisan team of legislators to abolish the death penalty in the state of Ohio, she said.
Antonio was joined on the conference call announcing the legislation by several Democrats and Republicans who seem unlikely to agree on anything beyond this issue. State Reps. Adam Miller (D-Columbus) and Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) even joined the call together from Miller s office.
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.