Ohio Death Row

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Effective January 30, 2025, all letters and cards from family and friends will now be sent to the ODRC Mail Processing Center (OMPC) at the following address:

Sample Name & Address:
John Doe R111111 or John Doe A555555
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Mail Processing Center (OMPC)
884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road
Youngstown, Ohio 44505

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Ohio Death Row Inmate Pages

The Ohio prison inmates listed below have been sentenced to death and face their own murders for convictions of Aggravated Murder. Male inmates are housed at the Ohio State Penitentiary or the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. Executions take place at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Female death row inmates are housed at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. There is currently one female on death row in Ohio.


DEATH ROW RESIDENTS BY COUNTY
( Scroll down to bottom of page. )

FORMER DEATH ROW RESIDENTS UNDER 1981 LAW


Current Inmate List;

Stanley Adams  
Nawaz Ahmed
David Allen
Anthony Apanovitch
Abdul Awkal

Tyrone Ballew

Glen E. Bates
Richard Bays
Richard James Beasley 
Anthony Belton
Robert Bethel
Melvin Bonnell 
David Braden
Grady Brinkley
Romell Broom   *Deceased
Quisi Bryan
Cedric Carter
Sean Carter
August Cassano
Steven E. Cepec 
Davel Chinn
Curtis Clinton
Timothy Coleman
Douglas Coley  
James Conway
Derrick Cook
Jeronique Cunningham
Rolland Davis
Von Davis
Archie Dixon  
John Drummond 
Phillip Elmore
Gregory Esparza  No Longer on Death Row/Sentence Commuted to Life W/O Parole
Stanley Fitzpatrick  
Shawn Ford
Antonio Franklin
James Frazier  *Deceased
Terry L. Froman
Clarence Fry
Larry Gapen
John Gillard  *Deceased
James Goff
Damantae D. Graham
Shawn M Grate
Scott Group
Delno Hale
Gerald Hand
James Hanna  
Brett Hartmann *Murdered by the State of Ohio on November 13, 2012
Jerome Henderson
Warren Henness 
Danny Hill
Timothy Hoffner  Page 1  Page 2  
Gary Hughbanks
Lance Hundley
Lamont Hunter
Percy Hutton
Andre Jackson
Cleveland Jackson 
Jeremiah Jackson  
Kareem Jackson 
Nathaniel Jackson  
Stanley Jalowiec
Marvin Johnson
Elwood Jones  
Odraye Jones aka Odraye El-Amin and Malik Allah U Akbar
Phillip Jones
Donald Ketterer 
Juan Kinley
Anthony Kirkland
Keith Lamar AKA Bomani Shakur
Lawrence Landrum  
Edward Lang
Arron L. Lawson
Carl Lindsey
Charles Lorraine 
Gregory Lott 
Jose Loza
Ralph Lynch
Clerence Mack
Michael Madison
James Mammone III
David Martin
Charles Maxwell
Joseph McALPIN 
Calvin McKelton
Gregory McNight
Freddie McNeil
Jonathan Monroe
Caron E Montgomery 
Lee Moore
Samuel Moreland
Fredrick Mundt
Austin Myers 
David Myers
Calvin Neyland
Tyrone Noling
Denny Obermiller
James O ' Neal  
Gregory Osie 
Kerry Perez
Mark Pickens  
Wayne Powell
Walter Raglin
Jason Robb
Donna Roberts
Martin Rojas
Carlos Sanders aka Siddique Adullah Hasan
William Sapp
Michael Scott
Kevin Scudder
Bobby Shepphard
Duane Short
George Skatzes
Kenneth Smith 
David Sneed  
Anthony Sowell *Deceased
Dawud Spaulding 
Warren Spivey  *Deceased 
John Stojetz
John Stumpf  
James D. Tench 
Ashford Thompson
James Trimble 
Michael Turner
Raymond Twyford III
Warren Waddy
Michael Webb 
James Were
Hersie Wesson
Christopher Whitaker
Willie Wilks Jr.
Andre Williams
Cliford Williams
Robert Williams
Jeffrey Wogenstahl  
James D. Worley

(If you believe information about death row inmate population to be outdated use the following link; Ohio Death Row Inmates )


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Tyrone Ballew

Tyrone Ballew #  A261875

ODRC Mail Processing Center (OMPC)

884 Coitsville-Hubbard Rd.

Youngstown OH 44505

DOB: 11/23/68
County;   Hamilton

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Email Tyrone Ballew
You will need this number to find him within the email program;
A261875

Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.



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Daniel Wilson

Murdered by the State of Ohio on June 3, 2009

Daniel Wilson


Several factors in Mr. Wilson’s case history merited executive clemency, principally that the trial court’s explanation of the case’s sole death sentence specification to the trial jury was ruled to be constitutionally erroneous and invalid by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (No. 03-3362 Wilson v. Mitchell, August 15, 2007). Opinion below.
The erroneous trial court instruction allowed the jury to consider the death sentence while being improperly instructed how to consider and weigh the evidence in mitigation when considering the death penalty specification. Daniel Wilson was the only person on Ohio ’s Death Row that had not had a jury weigh a valid death sentence specification.
Other mitigating factors included Daniel’s remarkably abusive childhood, his expression of deep regret for and acceptance of responsibility for the pain he caused, and his successful efforts to become a “positive and productive” member of the Ohio prison population as demonstrated by his serving as legal typist and librarian in the death row library as well as a GED tutor.

http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2009/2009-ohio-2347.pdf


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Pastor Neil Kookoothe, a Roman Catholic priest and spiritual advisor, reads a written statement from Daniel Wilson after his execution at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville on June 3.

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Clemency Denial
(You may note that the inmate number is not correct. The number after Daniel Wilson's name belongs to Brett Hartmann who had been scheduled to be executed on April 7, 2009, but received a temporary stay of execution. It would seem that clemency denials are perhaps form letters and lack the care and consideration that the letter states.)

























The Truth About Capital Punishment
By James Hansee of Whitewater Crossing Christian Church
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James D. Tench

James D. Tench  # A652562

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Mail Processing Center (OMPC)
884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road
Youngstown, Ohio 44505

Ross Correctional Institution (RCI)

DOB:  01/27/1986
County; Cuyahoga, Medina

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Email James D. Tench
You will need this number to find him within the email program;
A652562

Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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Damantae D. Graham

Damantae D. Graham  # A691689

P. O. Box 5500
15802 State Route 104 North
Chillicothe, OH 45601 

DOB:  01/18/1997
County; Portage

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Pen Pal Request; 

(You can write to him at the above address or use the GettingOut email program found below.)

My name is Damantae Graham, you can call me Sosa. I like reading, music, sports, watching TV, and working on my case. I would like to correspond with anyone who can engage with me intellectually, someone positive with similar interest who can make me laugh. Here are a few ice breaker questions if you are interested.

Who are you? Name? Age? Location?
Favorite Music?
Favorite Book?
Do you have any hobbies?
How do you feel about the Death Penalty?

Language preferred; English
Postage embosses envelope needed; no
Willing to accept international mail; yes
Desire post cards only; no
Seeking; Friends

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Email Damantae D. Graham
You will need this number to find him within the email program;
A691689


Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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Terry L. Froman

Terry L. Froman  # A736209

P. O. Box 5500
15802 State Route 104 North
Chillicothe, OH 45601 

DOB:  07/09/1973
County; Warren

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A736209

Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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Lance Hundley

Lance Hundley  #A 751708
P. O. Box 5500
15802 State Route 104 North
Chillicothe, OH 45601 

DOB; 10/8/1969
County;   Mahoning

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Email Lance Hundley
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A 751708

Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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Shawn M Grate

Shawn M Grate    #A751645
P. O. Box 5500
15802 State Route 104 North
Chillicothe, OH 45601 

DOB; 8/8/1976
County;   Ashland

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#A751645

Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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James D. Worley

Execution date; May 20, 2025

James D. Worley  #743593  
P. O. Box 5500
15802 State Route 104 North
Chillicothe, OH 45601 

DOB; 04/08/1959
County;   Fulton

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News articles related to James D. Worley 
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A743593

Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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JOSEPH McALPIN

JOSEPH McALPIN #A762464

P. O. Box 5500
Chillicothe, OH 45601 

Chillicothe Correctional Institution
15802 State Route North 104 
Chillicothe, OH 45601

DOB:  05/02/1987
County; Cuyahoga

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Email Joseph McAlpin
You will need this number to find him within the email program;  A762464


Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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ARRON L LAWSON

ARRON L LAWSON # A756426
P. O. Box 5500
Chillicothe, OH 45601 

Chillicothe Correctional Institution
15802 State Route North 104 
Chillicothe, OH 45601

DOB:  04/30/1994
County; Lawrence

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Email Arron Lawson
You will need this number to find him within the email program;  A756426


Please note;
GettingOut Email Option
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has begun using an innovative electronic mail system. To be clear, this program does NOT provide inmates with direct email access. Rather, it allows those who wish to correspond with an inmate to enter into a subscription through a third-party website, at a cost, and that company will serve as the vehicle to manage emails. These emails should not be considered confidential.

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