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| Ohio's Death Row Pop. Declines |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/09/2006 |
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The number of killers on Ohio's death row fell last year, reflecting a national trend in which the number of inmates on death row has gone down for five straight years. But Ohio broke with the trend by imposing more death sentences in 2005 than 2004, putting seven inmates on death row. There were four death sentences in 2004. A suicide, an overturned murder case and deaths from natural causes contributed to the decline in the number of killers on Ohio's death row to 194 from 205 in 2004. It peaked at 212 in 2003. Four people were executed in Ohio in 2005, three fewer than 2004. Texas led the country with 19 executions in 2005. Nationally, the number of death sentences in 2005 totaled fewer than 100, the lowest number since the death sentence was reinstated in 1976 and down from 125 in 2004, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. The decline comes as the number of killings has remained about the same nationally in recent years and juries look at other options for sentencing. |
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