Noling’s team spent over a decade waging a legal battle to obtain DNA testing results. Despite winning these efforts, using the results to secure a new trial remains an elusive goal. 4/
People often see DNA as the holy grail of forensic evidence in criminal cases. The ultimate proof of guilt or innocence. But when courts and prosecutors are allowed to erect roadblocks preventing its use, justice is sacrificed to bureaucracy, and truth is trivialized. 5/
More than eight years ago, The Ohio Supreme Court granted Tyrone Noling access to DNA testing results of a cigarette butt at the crime scene that excluded him as a suspect. courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2018…
He remains on death row. Why? 1/
Ohio Revised Code places a heavy burden of proof on a defendant, along with a process where the state may act as an adversarial “gatekeeper,” blocking access, dragging the process out for years, and creating administrative barriers. 2/
After decades of waiting, Tyrone Noling—who has spent much of his life on Ohio’s death row—has finally secured a commutation recommendation from the parole board. But commutation to LWOP for an innocent man is not justice.
Sign the petition in favor of a full pardon for Noling at actionnetwork.org/petitions/… , and join Ohioans to Stop Executions in advocating to end the death penalty in Ohio. otse.org
⚖️ Last week we spoke about prosecutorial overreach, and next week we’ll be talking about prosecutorial misconduct. Tyrone Noling’s case sits at the intersection of both.
✍️ Sign the petition in favor of a full pardon for Noling at actionnetwork.org/petitions/… , and join Ohioans to Stop Executions in advocating to end the death penalty in Ohio.🙏🏾 otse.org
A less considered aspect of prosecutorial overreach is how it may create a geographically arbitrary system. “Justice” is based on where you live.
Ohio’s death penalty is applied differently from county to county. This investigation examines the role prosecutors play—and whether more oversight could make the system fairer.
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Join Ohioans to Stop Executions in advocating for equitable justice and an end to boundless prosecutorial discretion.🙏🏾 otse.org
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Picture from this Saturday's World Day Against the Death Penalty, taken at the Ohio Statehouse! #deathpenalty



