Fentanyl drove another record year of overdose deaths in Ohio. Two states want to put the drug’s potency to another use: capital punishment.
A slow death for capital punishment
The absurdity of the death penalty has been on display across the country this month. For the second time in recent years, a condemned killer emerged alive from the Ohio death house, reported the Columbus Dispatch.
Kasich says no execution changes needed in Ohio
A day after another failed execution in Ohio, Gov. John Kasich’s office says the state’s capital punishment protocol doesn’t need to change.