Ohio Supreme Court justice: Death penalty 'makes no sense'

Ohio’s senior Supreme Court justice, Paul E. Pfeifer, told lawmakers this morning that Ohio has a “death lottery,” not a death penalty.

“I have concluded that the death sentence makes no sense when you can have life with out the possibility of parole. I don’t see what society gains,” he told the House Criminal Justice Committee.

“If you aren’t going to consider this, who will? If not now, when? If not you, who?” Pfeifer asked.

The legislative panel is considering House Bill 160, which would abolish the death penalty in Ohio.

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Source: The Columbus Dispatch, December 13, 2011