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Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Coverage of Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in the Nexus archive.
- Clemency as justice: Why mercy still matters in Ohio capital cases
The article discusses the role of executive clemency in Ohio's capital punishment cases, highlighting its historical significance and function as a safeguard against irreversible justice. Ohio governors have used clemency 51 times since 1945 in death penalty cases, often due to doubts about fairness, reliability, or proportionality of sentences.