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September 10 2016

Jim Petro commentary: Death penalty is in decline, but problems remain

“As Ohio attorney general, I oversaw 18 executions in accordance with Ohio law. As a state legislator before that, I helped write Ohio’s current death-penalty law. We thought maybe it would be a deterrent. Maybe the death penalty would provide cost savings to Ohio. What I know now is that we were wrong. What I am coming to understand is just how wrong we were, and what needs to be done to fix our mistake.”

– Former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro

Read the full story at The Columbus Dispatch

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