In 2014, Dennis McGuire of Montgomery County was executed. The process did not go as planned. No executions have happened in Ohio since, and the state has been caught in a protracted legal battle over which drugs can be used in executions.
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Petro: DNA testing vital to obtaining just convictions
If the State fails to join in the search for truth, the Ohio Supreme Court should do what justice requires and safeguard Noling’s rights to the best and most accurate DNA testing. The ultimate punishment requires absolute certainty.
Facing Death, Tyrone Noling Pushes Ohio Supreme Court for More Access to DNA
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a new round of arguments Tuesday in a Northeast Ohio death-penalty case that has stretched on for more than a quarter century.