CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Republicans want to make politically motivated killings a death-penalty offense in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, carving out a special class of murder that critics warn is both dangerous and unworkable.

Representatives Jack Daniels of Summit County and Josh Williams of Lucas County have introduced a bill to expand the state’s aggravated murder statute, which already covers killings during another felony, murders of children under 13, and the slayings of law enforcement or first responders.

Their proposal would add elected officials and classify politically driven killings as aggravated murder, making them eligible for capital punishment.

On cleveland.com’s Today in Ohio podcast, hosts castigated the plan as a misguided “knee-jerk” reaction.

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