Ohio · Ohio Revised Code — Title 29, Crimes

Ohio Rev. Code (Criminal) § 2929.04: Death penalty or imprisonment - aggravating and mitigating factors

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

This statute specifies aggravating factors that must be proved to impose the death penalty for aggravated murder, including assassination of certain officials, murder for hire, and murder by someone in detention.

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