PAROLE REFORM--State Sen. Jeffrey Johnson, D-Cleveland, gestures during a news conference held by the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1997. The Black Caucus will introduce legislation to reform the Ohio Parole Board.

TAKING NOTES IN BRAILLE--Jana Schroeder takes braille notes of a news conference held by the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, concerning reform of the Ohio Parole Board, at the Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1997. Schroeder works for the Ohio Criminal Justice Program of the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) in Dayton, Ohio.