Photo courtesy of Lamar Artwork by gradeschool person in Toledo will be displayed on a billboard on the Anthony Wayne Trail in Toledo during the month of December.

The review team urged Gov. Strickland to temporarily suspend executions to permit a “thorough review” of the Ohio death penalty.

Two days after the ABA study was released, Ohio activists attended a statewide day of action to end executions Sept. 26 in Columbus.

“There’s a growing sense of frustration with the fact that we kill people to show them killing is wrong,” says Sylvania Franciscan Sister Sharon Havelak, who attended with a group of other sisters from her community.

She calls the day of action a “wonderful tool for raising awareness for some of the issues around the death penalty.”

Continuing discussion and education on the issue is key to creating a groundswell of public outcry against the death penalty, according to Mr. Tobin.

“We certainly need to continue to call the Catholic faithful to a dialogue and deeper understanding of this issue, because it’s a hard issue,” he adds.

For more information about the Ohio death penalty, visit www.ohiocathconf.org/I/DP/deathpenalty.htm.