Ohio Senate Democrats Urge President Biden to Commute Death Row Sentences to Life Without Parole
Today, members of the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to exercise his presidential clemency powers and commute the sentences of those on federal death row to life without parole.
“The federal death penalty, like the death penalty system here in Ohio, is an unsustainable punishment that is prone to geographic arbitrariness and human error,” reads the letter. “If Ohio and our nation want to continue being friendly to international investment, we must lead the way in ending the death penalty.”
In 2023, a bipartisan group of Ohio legislators introduced legislation that would abolish the death penalty in the state– the most bipartisan and bicameral effort in Ohio history.
The full letter can be found here.