News from OAMIE

August 31 2017

Two Men in Report Meet Criteria for Exclusion from Death Penalty

A report released today by Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project states that at least six (or 23%) of the 26 men in Ohio scheduled to be executed over the next three and half years suffer from a mental illness. However, only two of the individuals highlighted in the report (8%) meet the narrow definition […]

April 1 2016

Retired Supreme Court Justice to Receive First Terry J. Collins Award

Retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton will be the first recipient of The Terry J. Collins Award on April 12 at an event at the Statehouse. The award recognizes a leader in government who once supported and/or implemented the death penalty.

February 10 2016

Ohio Mental Health Advocates Push Execution Exemption for Defendants with Serious Mental Illness

The Ohio Alliance for the Mental Illness Exemption (OAMIE) was represented before the Senate Criminal Justice Committee in testimony today by former Ohio Senator Bob Spada, who serves on the board of directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Ohio, a convener of the Alliance.