“I’m innocent and I always have been,” Johnston said this morning. “If I live long enough, I might finally get my justice. I’m 82 now. I’m pushing it. But, I’m still in the game.”
Ohio cancels 2016 executions
Ohio has canceled executions for 2016, giving 12 death-row inmates up to three more years to live.
State Considers Exempting Killers With Severe Mental Illness From Death Penalty
Convicted murderers who had a severe mental illness when they committed their crime would face a maximum punishment of life without parole instead of the death penalty under a proposed Ohio law.