About the campaign

#NoDeathPenaltyOH is the official campaign to end Ohio’s death penalty. Since its reintroduction in 1981, the death penalty has proven to be an expensive, racist, arbitrary system that convicts innocent people. Ohio can keep our citizens safe and hold individuals accountable for their actions without the death penalty– in fact, it’s what we already do the vast majority of the time.

HB 183 and SB 103 are identical bills that would repeal Ohio’s death penalty. Both bills have strong bipartisan support, demonstrating how important repeal is to both sides of the aisle.

It’s time to move Ohio forward to join the 23 other states that have already abandoned the death penalty.

Key partners in the fight to abolish Ohio’s death penalty

  • ACLU of Ohio
  • ACLU National
  • The Amos Project
  • The 8th Amendment Project
  • Amnesty International
  • American Solidarity Party
  • Catholic Conference of Ohio
  • Catholic Commission of Cuyahoga County
  • Catholic Mobilizing Network
  • Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty
  • The Ohio Council of Churches
  • Catholics Against Capital Punishment
  • The Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA
  • Campaign to End the Death Penalty
  • Death Penalty Action
  • Dominican Sisters of Peace
  • Democrats for Life of America
  • Death Penalty Focus
  • Equal Justice USA
  • Episcopal Peace Fellowship
  • Faith in Public Life
  • Faith Leaders of Color Coalition
  • Greater Dayton Christian Connections
  • Innovation Ohio
  • Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center
  • International Commission against Execution
  • The International Federation of ACATs
  • Journey of Hope
  • League of Women Voters – Ohio
  • The Musketeer Association
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition
  • The Marianist Social Justice Collaborative
  • The National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland
  • National Congress on Faith & Social Justice
  • National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
  • National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
  • NADP
  • NAACP
  • The Ohio Student Association
  • The Ohio Justice and Policy Center
  • The Ohio Transformation Fund
  • The Ohio Organizing Collaborative
  • Penal Reform International
  • People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
  • Pro Black, Pro Life
  • Reprieve
  • Responsible Business Initiative
  • RAC-OH
  • Soto Zen Buddhist Association
  • Student Abolition
  • Sisters of the Precious Blood
  • Southern Center for Human Rights
  • Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio (UUJ)
  • Vote Common Good
  • Witness to Innocence
  • The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

To join this list, email Jennifer@otse.org.