Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Report and Supplemental Materials
Ohio
Table of Contents
II. INTRODUCTION
III. ASSESSMENT CHAPTERS
Chapter 1 - An Overview of Ohio's Death Penalty System
Chapter 2 - Collection, Preservation, and Testing of DNA and Other Types of Evidence
Chapter 3 - Law Enforcement Identifications and Interrogations
Chapter 4 - Crime Laboratories and Medical Examiner Offices
Chapter 5 - Prosecutorial Professionalism
Chapter 6 - Defense Services
Chapter 7 - Direct Appeal Process
Chapter 8 - State Post-Conviction Proceedings
Chapter 9 - Clemency
- Ch. 9 - Clemency
- Compliance Chart
- News Article: "Ohio Governor Commutes Sentence of Death Row Inmate"
- Press Statement: "Kasich Commutes Murphy Death Sentence to Life Without Parole"
Chapter 10 - Capital Jury Instructions
Chapter 11 - Judicial Independence
Chapter 12 - Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Chapter 13 - Mental Retardation and Mental Illness
IV. APPENDIX
V. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
- Full Ohio Dealth Penalty Assessment Report
- Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Guide
- Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Team Biographies
- Fact Sheet: Problems with Ohio's Death Penalty System and Recommendations for Reform (2003)
- Compliance Charts: Ohio's Compliance with ABA Recommendations
- Compliance Chart: How Ohio Compares to Other States Assessed
