The ACLU opposes capital punishment because it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, is administered arbitrarily and unfairly, and fails to deter crime or improve public safety.
Death Penalty
Repealing the Death Penalty
May 27, 2021
State v. Raglin (amicus)
September 11, 2023LaMar v. Houk (amicus)
January 2, 2013
Skatzes v. Smith (amicus)
May 16, 2012State v. Maxwell White
May 16, 2012
SB 40 - Avoid death penalty if serious mental illness at time of crime (2017-2018)
September 28, 2017HB 81 - Prohibit death sentence if have serious mental illness (2017-2018)
September 28, 2017HB 663 - Death Penalty Secrecy (2013-2014)
November 20, 2014
SB 183 - End Death Penalty for Racial Bias (2013-2014)
January 8, 2014SB 270 - Death Penalty Abolishment Bill (2011-2012)
August 8, 2012HB 160 - Death Penalty Abolishment Bill (2011-2012)
August 6, 2012
The Latest
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New Data Reveals Ohioans Continue to Support Death Penalty Repeal
January 29, 2024![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/deathpenalty-campaignpageheader_1160-775.jpg?itok=Z4FJkbOJ)
The Push for Death Penalty Repeal in Ohio
January 11, 2024![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/ohiostatehouse-navyazurecoloroverlay_backgroundnavybluelineoverlay_1200-700.jpg?itok=-4EY1ulZ)
Senate Bill 101 - Proponent Testimony
November 15, 2023![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/ohiostatehouse-navyazurecoloroverlay_backgroundnavybluelineoverlay_1200-700.jpg?itok=-4EY1ulZ)
Proponent Testimony - House Bill 259
October 11, 2023![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/thedeathpenaltyisnotjustice-blog_1200-675.jpg?itok=Ei3zQygH)
Reflections: The death penalty is not justice.
December 16, 2022![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/jesuschristcarryingthecross-groupofpeople_1160-775.jpg?itok=-QaGAZq3)
Ahead of Easter and Passover, Let’s Remember that Abolishing Ohio’s...
April 12, 2022![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/deathpenalty-stopexecutionscollage_1160-775.jpg?itok=VotvovN4)
Death Penalty Repeal is a Racial Justice Issue
February 25, 2022![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/ohiostatehouse-navyazurecoloroverlay_backgroundnavybluelineoverlay_1200-700.jpg?itok=-4EY1ulZ)
House Bill 183 - Proponent Testimony
November 18, 2021![](https://www.acluohio.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_130x110/public/field_image/capitalsquarebillboard-ndpo-image02_1160-775.jpg?itok=JqAGPGd6)