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Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) is the only single-issue, non-profit, death penalty repeal org in the state of Ohio. Take action on website!

Ohio, USA
Joined October 2010
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Erin Barnhart, defense attorney for Ohio's most recent death row exoneree, Elwood Jones, talks about the root cause of prosecutorial misconduct. When a 'win at any cost' mindset takes hold, justice is perverted. 1/
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Prosecutorial misconduct can deepen the power imbalance in our courts and create an unjust system.
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As this infographic shows, misconduct can include withholding evidence that points to innocence, presenting false or misleading evidence, excluding jurors based on race or gender, intimidating witnesses, and making improper appeals to a jury’s prejudices.
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These practices threaten fairness and public trust. Ohioans deserve a system built on fairness, accountability, and truth. #OhioansToStopExecutions #FairnessAndJustice #ProsecutorialMisconduct #CriminalJustice #Ohio #DeathPenalty #CriminalJusticeReform #EndTheDeathPenalty
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Noling’s team spent over a decade waging a legal battle to obtain DNA testing results. Despite winning these efforts, using the results to secure a new trial remains an elusive goal. 4/
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People often see DNA as the holy grail of forensic evidence in criminal cases. The ultimate proof of guilt or innocence. But when courts and prosecutors are allowed to erect roadblocks preventing its use, justice is sacrificed to bureaucracy, and truth is trivialized. 5/
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More than eight years ago, The Ohio Supreme Court granted Tyrone Noling access to DNA testing results of a cigarette butt at the crime scene that excluded him as a suspect. courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2018… He remains on death row. Why? 1/
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Among other things, a post-conviction appeal for DNA testing must establish the integrity of a sample has been maintained, and the results would have led to a different outcome. 3/
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Ohio Revised Code places a heavy burden of proof on a defendant, along with a process where the state may act as an adversarial “gatekeeper,” blocking access, dragging the process out for years, and creating administrative barriers. 2/
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After decades of waiting, Tyrone Noling—who has spent much of his life on Ohio’s death row—has finally secured a commutation recommendation from the parole board. But commutation to LWOP for an innocent man is not justice.
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