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The Death Penalty:
Cruel, Unusual, and Completely Unfair
by Shirley Pasholk
The June 15 Plain Dealer headlined, “Jay D. Scott executed. First Ohioan to be put to death by the state against his will since 1963.” Texas is widely considered the execution capital of the United States. Ohio, on the other hand, has “only” executed two men since 1963.
With two state sanctioned murders in 38 years, one might expect that those killed are the type of cruel, calculating, unrepentant mass murderers proponents of capital punishment like to point to. Both Wilford Berry (a so-called “volunteer”) and Jay D. Scott suffered from severe mental illnesses.
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The Death Penalty:
Cruel, Unusual, and Completely Unfair
by Shirley Pasholk
The June 15 Plain Dealer headlined, “Jay D. Scott executed. First Ohioan to be put to death by the state against his will since 1963.” Texas is widely considered the execution capital of the United States. Ohio, on the other hand, has “only” executed two men since 1963.
With two state sanctioned murders in 38 years, one might expect that those killed are the type of cruel, calculating, unrepentant mass murderers proponents of capital punishment like to point to. Both Wilford Berry (a so-called “volunteer”) and Jay D. Scott suffered from severe mental illnesses.
Read more on the link above