Ohio top judge questions application of death penalty law

[JURIST] The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Maureen O’Connor [official profile], on Thursday opened the first meeting [press release] of the state’s death panel review committee by reiterating that the purpose of the committee is not to question whether Ohio should have the death penalty [JURIST news archive], but rather to provide "guidance on the current laws on the subject, the practices in other jurisdictions, the data, the costs, and many other aspects associated with the death penalty."…