Avoid the death penalty

The ABA is asking Ted Strickland to suspend executions in the State of Ohio until a further review of the death penalty is completed.

I would offer this to the ABA. The death penalty in Ohio has already been suspended.

This state has executed 26 prisoners since reintroduction of the death penalty in the 1970's. That's less than one per year. There are currently 184 death row inmates. For all intents and purposes, you're going to die of a heart attack before you're executed in Ohio.

In 2006, five, count 'em, five prisoners were executed. At that rate, it will take 37 years to get your comeupence.

The ABA believes that the death penalty is discriminatory. I couldn't agree more. Of the 26 executions, none have been female. Only one female is on the list of death row inmates. Sounds pretty discriminatory to me.

Also, there's another place of discrimination not mentioned in the article. 100% of the death row inmates have been convicted of aggravated murder. There's not one death row inmate on the list who has not committed a crime. How could that be?

If you are a citizen of Ohio, here are some tips to avoid being sentenced to death.

1) Don't commit crime.
2) If you have to commit crime, don't commit aggravated murder.
3) If you have to commit aggravated murder, don't do it in Hamilton County. Joe Deters refuses to plea bargain death penalty cases; unlike Cuyahoga County, where you can probably plea bargain an aggravated murder charge to time served with the right PD.

If you follow these helpful tips, you'll never have to worry about being executed or more importantly to the ABA, being discriminated against.