COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent report has found that for every five inmates Ohio executes, one is freed from death row. Since Ohio reinstated the death penalty in 1981, the state has executed 56 ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio—After years of repeatedly announcing postponements of scheduled executions in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine has now scheduled a new death-penalty announcement for next month: one about his ...
The application of Ohio's death penalty varies significantly by county, influenced by the views of elected prosecutors. Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties have historically sent the most people to death ...
Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine. State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new ...
Attorney General Dave Yost has made a strenuous case for Ohio to restart executions in his eighth and final capital crimes report. Why it matters: Ohio hasn't carried out an execution since 2018, ...