Are any of the 27 who are scheduled to be executed innocent? I don’t know. You don’t know. The governor doesn’t know. That’s the problem.
– Dale Johnston, Ohio Death Row Exoneree
Ohio gets ready to execute
If Ohio goes forward, it will do so without implementing the most substantial recommendations of an impressive Ohio Supreme Court task force on improving capital punishment.
Ohio preparing for 1st execution in more than three years
Ohio says it’s following a mandatory checklist for putting inmates to death as it prepares for the state’s first execution in more than three years. Items on that checklist include determining that the state has enough lethal drugs for the execution, evaluating the inmate’s mental health and checking his veins for the insertion of IVs.