Gov. Gavin Newsom put a moratorium on the death penalty in California on Wednesday, sparing the lives of more than 700 death-row inmates. Saying the death penalty is “ineffective, irreversible and immoral,” he signed an executive order granting reprieves to all 737 Californians awaiting executions – a quarter of the country’s death row inmates. Read […]
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Column: Pause Ohio’s death penalty to make it more humane, fair
Gov. Mike DeWine made the right decision in halting executions in Ohio until there is in place a lethal-injection protocol that courts find in compliance with constitutional standards. Given U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Merz’s opinion that drugs currently used in executions could cause “senseless pain and needless suffering,” the governor’s action is both human and […]
Gov. Mike DeWine is plain spoken about gas tax, has death penalty on the agenda: Thomas Suddes
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 […]