State v. Glenn

Appellant argues that R.C. 2903.01, 2929.02 through 2929.023, and 2929.03 through 2929.06 are unconstitutional under both the federal and Ohio Constitutions. These arguments generally have been presented to, and answered by, both the Ohio and United States Supreme Courts.

The death penalty itself is not cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution or the Ohio Constitution. See, e.g., Gregg v. Georgia (1976), 428 U.S. 153, 187, and State v. Jenkins (1984), 15 Ohio St. 3d 164, 179. See, also, State v. Brooks (1986), 25 Ohio…