New bill would end death penalty in Ohio

Ohio is Testing Radical Strategy To End Death Penalty
The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted suicide.
Ohio lawmakers make new play to end the death penalty: Ban state-funded abortions, too
Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and assisted suicide.
Ohio debates proposals to eliminate the death penalty
The proposal comes nearly seven years after Governor Mike DeWine called for a pause in executions shortly after taking office.
Bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers offer new approach to repealing death penalty
Ohio lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle announced a measure Tuesday that would abolish the death penalty and prohibit any state funding from supporting abortion services or physician-assisted suicide.
Trump, area lawmakers at odds over death penalty in Ohio
Two Miami Valley lawmakers were part of a bipartisan cohort Tuesday touting legislation to prohibit the use of state funds for assisted suicide and abolish the death penalty in Ohio, just a week after President Donald Trump's executive order to fully restore the practice nationally.
Bipartisan effort to end death penalty in Ohio returns
Democrats and Republicans in the Ohio Statehouse have again joined to try to stop the death penalty in the state.
Ohio lawmakers want to halt taxpayer funding of death penalty, abortion and assisted suicide
A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers is introducing a bill meant to stop the "funding of death" in the state — no more death penalty and no dollars for physician-assisted suicide or abortions.
New push to end death penalty in Ohio
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