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A Very Bad Day for Voting Rights in Ohio
February 22, 2014ACLU & League of Women Voters Call on Hamilton County to Keep Early Voting in Downtown Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, OH – Today, the ACLU of Ohio and the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area (LWVCA) held a joint press conference, calling on the Hamilton County Board of Elections (BOE) to keep the county’s early voting site in downtown Cincinnati rather than moving it to the suburb of Mount
Court Takes Swift Action to End Debtors’ Prison
CLEVELAND, OH – Today, the Supreme Court of Ohio distributed a new “bench card” to all of the state’s judges, giving much needed instructions to avoid the unconstitutional practice of sending people to jail when they owe the court fines and are unable to pay.
ACLU of Ohio Asks Governor John Kasich to Halt Capital Punishment in Ohio
CLEVELAND, OH – Today, the ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to Ohio Governor John Kasich, asking him to use his executive authority to declare an immediate halt to executions in Ohio. The letter comes on the heels of the state’s fourth botched execution in less than ten years.
New Methods of Execution Do Not Mask Underlying Problems with Ohio’s Death Penalty, says ACLU
CLEVELAND, OH – Today, Ohio continued its march in the wrong direction with the execution of Dennis McGuire, who became the first inmate in history to be executed using an untested two-drug method developed after supplies of Ohio's former execution drug expired.