Justices on the Ohio Supreme Court will privately review records about lethal drugs the state prison system wants shielded from public view as part of an open records dispute. At issue is a law firm’s request for multiple records about Ohio’s lethal injection drugs and whether a secrecy law prohibits their release.
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Death penalty abolishment in front of Ohio lawmakers, again
For the fourth time in a row, State Representative Nickie Antonio from Cuyahoga County has introduced legislation at the Statehouse that would abolish the death penalty. Her three previous attempts have been relatively fruitless in starting a debate about the issue at the Statehouse.
Fentanyl for executions? Two states are looking to try it
Fentanyl drove another record year of overdose deaths in Ohio. Two states want to put the drug’s potency to another use: capital punishment.