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An anti-death penalty lawmaker says proposals to end Ohio’s executions don’t have enough votes
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A perennial bill to abolish Ohio’s death penalty got another hearing Wednesday morning, but there’s little time left for it to move this year,… Read More
An attorney general report says Ohio’s death penalty is “unworkable” as he backs a bill to change it
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general says the state’s death penalty is “unworkable” as is, in his office’s latest report on capital crimes and punishment in… Read More
DeWine shares few thoughts about a bill to add nitrogen gas to Ohio’s death penalty options
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s last execution was in July 2018, six months before Gov. Mike DeWine took office. Attorney General Dave Yost, a fellow Republican, wants to… Read More
Republicans want to introduce a bill that would add nitrogen gas to Ohio’s execution protocol
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two GOP members of the Ohio House, joined by Attorney General Dave Yost, said Tuesday they want to add nitrogen gas as a second method… Read More
After Alabama conducts a nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio politicians may be poised to consider whether the state might break its unofficial moratorium on the death penalty by following Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution of… Read More
2023 year in review: Higher ed plan, marijuana changes among Ohio bills that did not pass
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When the mid-term General Assembly went home for the holidays, lawmakers left behind hundreds of bills to deal with in the new year: in… Read More
Ohio lawmakers are again considering abolishing the death penalty
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Bills to abolish the death penalty in Ohio have been proposed for more than a decade. But the latest bill to do that appears… Read More
A new ban on the death penalty in Ohio brings in a longtime conservative lawmaker as a sponsor
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic lawmakers have introduced a ban on the death penalty in Ohio a dozen times over the past dozen years — but a new… Read More
A report from the state Attorney General says Ohio should either overhaul the death penalty or abolish it
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has been a supporter of the death penalty in Ohio. But a new report from his office said it is… Read More
DeWine declines to comment on the latest effort to overturn Ohio’s death penalty
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to end the death penalty has been proposed many times in Ohio, and the one that was recently introduced in the Senate… Read More
A key Senate leader is not on board with the bipartisan proposal to end Ohio’s death penalty
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of Ohio’s death penalty have introduced legislation (SB 101) to abolish it. Now, the leader of the state senate is signaling where he stands… Read More
Ohio senators introduce a bipartisan bill to end the death penalty
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The death penalty could be abolished in Ohio under upcoming bipartisan legislation announced Tuesday — the latest in what has been years of effort to end… Read More
Advocates Remain Hopeful Ohio Will Abolish The Death Penalty
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) –– Ohio lawmakers are back in session with a list of bills to consider, including measures that would abolish the death penalty in the state…. Read More
Ohio Senate OKs Death Penalty Ban Of Severely Mentally Ill
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers voted to pass a bill banning the execution of the severely mentally ill during a lame duck legislative session. The House legislation informally passed… Read More
Federal Government Executes 1st Prisoner In 17 Years After Overnight Court Rulings
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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Daniel Lee, 47, was put to death on Tuesday morning in the federal death chamber in the first federal execution since 2003. Other inmates are scheduled for death this week.
Conservative Group Launches Campaign to Repeal Death Penalty in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A national group of conservatives that oppose capital punishment has made Ohio the 14th state for its campaign to repeal of the death penalty. The group says the time is… Read More
House Speaker Suggests Moving Away From Death Penalty
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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As Ohio prisons officials work on a way to continue carrying out executions, House and Senate leaders are considering having deeper discussions on the future of the death penalty. The last… Read More
Governor Issues Three Reprieves of Execution
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has delayed three upcoming executions. Death row inmate Gregory Lott was supposed to be put to death on March 12 but his execution date has been… Read More
Death Rejected for Man who Killed Ex-girlfriend’s Parents
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A man on death row for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a sledgehammer is getting a new hearing after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled his IQ… Read More
2 More Ohio Executions Delayed Amid Lack of Lethal Drugs
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed two more executions, citing Ohio’s continuing struggles to find supplies of lethal injection drugs. James Hanna was scheduled to die Dec…. Read More
DeWine Suggests no Executions at all in Ohio This Year
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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For the first time in three years, there likely won’t be an execution in Ohio this year. That’s according to Gov. Mike DeWine, who says an execution planned for December… Read More
Drug Access Means No More Ohio Executions Likely This Year
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor says it’s “highly unlikely” the state’s last execution scheduled for this year will be carried out because of problems finding lethal injection drugs. Republican… Read More
Ohio Governor’s Lethal Injection Comments Allowed in Lawsuit
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A federal magistrate judge is allowing comments about the death penalty made by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to become part of a long-running lawsuit challenging Ohio’s… Read More
New Interview Process for Condemned Inmates Seeking Mercy
By: Andrew Welsh-Huggins | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Members of the Ohio Parole Board will be given extensive information about the background of condemned inmates asking for mercy before they interview the prisoners, under… Read More
Report: Ohio Conducted Executions After Drugmakers’ Warnings
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A report says Ohio went ahead with executions in recent years even after drugmakers threatened to cut off supplies if medications were used for lethal injection…. Read More