Ohio last conducted an execution by lethal injection in January 2014, Dennis McGuire gasping, his death coming after an uncommonly long 25 minutes. The state plans to resume executions at the start of next year. The hurdle is, it still struggles to acquire the necessary drugs to perform the death sentence. Read more at Ohio.com
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Jim Petro commentary: Death penalty is in decline, but problems remain
“As Ohio attorney general, I oversaw 18 executions in accordance with Ohio law. As a state legislator before that, I helped write Ohio’s current death-penalty law. We thought maybe it would be a deterrent. Maybe the death penalty would provide cost savings to Ohio. What I know now is that we were wrong. What I […]
Dispatch Reporter Has Watched Twenty Men Die
For 17 years, Alan Johnson has reported on Ohio’s executions. It’s a role he’s had to fight for. And one he’d rather not have. via Columbus Monthly