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Lawmakers Consider Bill Repealing Capital Punishment

There was unusual and emotional testimony Wednesday calling on Ohio to wipe out its death penalty. The setting was a hearing of the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee, as lawmakers considered a bill repealing capital punishment. As statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports, the lead-off witness was an Ohio Supreme Court justice who’s changed his stance on the life-and-death issue.