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Ohio’s death penalty

DEAR EDITOR:

Once again, the state of Ohio is dragging its feet in implementing the death penalty. In a recent 2-1 decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati found the use of the drug Midazolam “unconstitutional.” Kevin Werner, executive director of Ohioans To Stop Executions says, “The death penalty system in Ohio is collapsing in nearly every measurable way.” According to him, Ohioans are choosing life sentences over the death penalty for these heinous crimes. I disagree and would like to know who the people are that are saying this. It’s a given that they are not asking any of the victims’ families.

In my opinion, the sentences handed down by the courts today cater more to the perpetrator than to the victims, thanks to our legal system.

It’s apparent that lady justice should remove her blindfold to see how grossly unbalanced her scales really are. I wonder how Kevin Werner might feel if it had been his family who had been killed and the house set on fire to destroy the evidence.

ROBERT B. JOHNSON

Warren

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