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To amend section 2949.25 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
require the Governor and the Director of | 2 |
Rehabilitation and Correction to be present at the | 3 |
execution of a death sentence. | 4 |
Section 1. That section 2949.25 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
amended to read as follows: | 6 |
Sec. 2949.25. (A) | 7 |
rehabilitation and correction shall be present at the execution of | 8 |
a death sentence | 9 |
the Revised Code. In addition to the governor and the director of | 10 |
rehabilitation and correction, only the following persons may be | 11 |
present at the execution of a death sentence: | 12 |
(1) The warden of the state correctional institution in which | 13 |
the sentence is executed or a deputy warden, any other person | 14 |
selected by the director of rehabilitation and correction to | 15 |
ensure that the death sentence is executed, any persons necessary | 16 |
to execute the death sentence by lethal injection, and the number | 17 |
of correction officers that the warden thinks necessary; | 18 |
(2) The sheriff of the county in which the prisoner was tried | 19 |
and convicted; | 20 |
(3) | 21 |
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the sentence is executed; | 24 |
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not more than three other persons, to be designated by the | 26 |
prisoner, who are not confined in any state institution; | 27 |
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immediate family of the victim; | 29 |
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director of rehabilitation and correction. | 31 |
(B) The director shall authorize at least one representative | 32 |
of a newspaper, at least one representative of a television | 33 |
station, and at least one representative of a radio station to be | 34 |
present at the execution of the sentence under division (A) | 35 |
of this section. | 36 |
Section 2. That existing section 2949.25 of the Revised Code | 37 |
is hereby repealed. | 38 |