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Capital Crimes 2008 Annual Report
Table of Contents
History of Ohio’s Death Penalty..............................................................................................................1
Historical Background........................................................................................................................1
Procedural Changes to Death Penalty Appeals...............................................................................1
Legislation Eliminates Electrocution................................................................................................1
National Ban on Execution of Mentally Retarded Individuals.....................................................2
DNA Testing Offered to Death Sentenced Inmates.....................................................................2
Ohio’s Death Penalty Statute....................................................................................................................3
The Capital Indictment – R.C. 2903.01, 2929.04............................................................................3
Aggravated Murder – Defined by R.C. 2903.01..........................................................................................3
Aggravating Circumstances – Specified in R.C. 2929.04(A)(1) – (A)(10)...............................................3
Notification of Capital Indictment to Ohio Supreme Court - R. C. 2929.021...........................4
The Capital Trial – R.C. 2929.03.......................................................................................................4
Guilt/Culpability Phase...................................................................................................................................5
Sentencing/Mitigation Hearing – R.C. 2929.03 and 2929.04....................................................................5
Death Penalty Appellate Process.............................................................................................................7
State Review.........................................................................................................................................7
Direct Appeal....................................................................................................................................................7
Post-Conviction Appeal ..................................................................................................................................7
Murnahan Appeal.............................................................................................................................................8
Federal Review.....................................................................................................................................8
Federal District Court......................................................................................................................................8
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.......................................................................................................................8
United States Supreme Court.........................................................................................................................9
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