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Abe Bonowitz
Abraham J. Bonowitz is an Ohio native who has helped pass death penalty repeal legislation in New Jersey, New Mexico, Illinois, Connecticut and Maryland. He has joined the OTSE team as a consultant and serves of the State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Amnesty International USA. Follow him on Twitter @abrahambonowitz
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OHIOANS: Let's keep the momentum going
Let's keep the momentum going in Ohio! For the last 5 weeks, Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) and Death Penalty Action have invited your help reaching out to Ohio's Speaker of the House, Matt Huffman, and your state representatives. Starting today we are expanding our calls to Gov. DeWine -…
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Ohio may execute an innocent man
The two most recently scheduled Ohio executions were not carried out, and it’s starting to look like a fair bet the next one won’t happen either. In November, a failed execution attempt ended with Alva Campbell returned to his cell. In January, a juror raised questions about information withheld…
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Hate to say “We told you so!”
November 15 ended up being the third time since 1946 that an execution in the US was left unfinished. A “failed” execution. Not “botched,” because while it was ugly, the prisoner left on his own power.
Alva Campbell was to be killed in revenge for murdering Charles Dials in 1997. Campbell is a very…
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Why is Ron O’Brien So Anxious To Kill a Crippled Old Man?
Ohio plans to execute Alva Campbell on November 15, 2017, in revenge for his 1997 murder of Charles Dials, a crime to which Campbell confessed and pled guilty. However, the person Alva Campbell is today is not the same person he was when he committed his crimes.
Campbell’s case was infamous in…