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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine postponed 3 executions scheduled for this year
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium once again Thursday as he postponed three more executions that had been scheduled for… 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
Anti-Death Penalty Advocates Pleased DeWine Says Lethal Injection Appears “Impossible”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Anti-death penalty advocates are reacting to comments from Gov. Mike DeWine, who said in an Associated Press interview that lethal injection “appears to us to… Read More
Ohio Governor Delays More Executions Amidst Drug Shortage
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed two death row inmates’ 2021 executions as the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium continues. The announcement comes as Ohio struggles… Read More
Judge Blocks Justice Department’s Plan To Resume Federal Executions
By: Colin Dwyer | NPR
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Executions had been set to resume next month after a 16-year pause. A federal judge halted the sentences as inmates challenge the government’s lethal injection protocol.
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
Report: Ohio Conducted Executions After Drugmakers’ Warnings
By: Associated Press
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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
DRC Head Says Execution Protocol Won’t Be Rushed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine has put off all upcoming executions till a new lethal injection method is developed, which he has said will happen in the coming weeks. But the head… Read More
Executions In Ohio On Hold For Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine says there won’t be any executions in Ohio in the near future. DeWine told reporters at an Ohio Associated Press event that a federal court has ruled Ohio’s existing… Read More