Give Gov. Mike DeWine this: He squelched the near-comeback of George Orwell’s Newspeak at the Statehouse last week. DeWine, a Cedarville Republican, called for an 18-cent increase in Ohio’s gasoline tax, effective July 1. …. Also last week, DeWine, arguably, if indirectly, may have put Ohio’s death penalty on Ohio’s agenda. He said he’ll postpone […]
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Gov. Mike DeWine freezes all Ohio executions while new method developed
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that there will be no more executions in Ohio until a new method of carrying them out can be developed and deemed constitutional by the courts. “As long as the status quo remains, where we don’t have a protocol that has been found to be OK, we […]
Mounting Evidence Shows Torturous Effects of Lethal Injection
AT THE CORONER’S OFFICE in Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Mark Edgar stood over the body of Robert Van Hook. The deceased 58-year-old weighed 228 pounds; he wore blue pants, a white shirt, and identification tags around his ankles. Edgar, a professor of pathology at Emory University School of Medicine, had done countless autopsies over the years. […]