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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 […]
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. […]
Renee Berlon
A graduate of the University of Dayton with a B.A. in International Studies/Human Rights, Renee has experience working for local, state-wide, and international nonprofit advocacy groups. Currently Renee works at St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati as the Stewardship & Events Manager. Most recently she served as the Development Director for UpSpring, an organization that […]
Column: Want to keep Ohio’s death penalty? Fix it first.
Even Ohioans who staunchly support capital punishment want the death penalty to be both fair and accurate. This is why I applaud Gov. Mike DeWine’s rescheduling of the Feb. 13 execution of Warren Keith Henness, which has now been moved to September. DeWine ordered the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to evaluate possible alternative drugs […]
Beacon Journal/Ohio.com editorial board: Ohio’s death penalty fails to meet its own test
Part of the job of governor involves rendering the final word on executions when those on death row seek commutations or reprieves. On Thursday, Mike DeWine, just 10 days into his term as governor, received a letter from the federal public defender representing Warren Henness. Henness requested a reprieve from the lethal injection set for […]
Gov. Mike DeWine delays killer’s execution, orders review of lethal-injection drugs
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday postponed the execution of murderer Warren Henness from Feb. 13 to Sept. 12 following a recent judicial ruling that Ohio’s lethal-injection cocktail will “very likely cause him severe pain and needless suffering.” In a release, DeWine said that he has also directed Ohio’s prisons agency to assess the state’s […]
DeWine delays execution of Columbus killer due to judge’s concerns
After a federal court ruling likening Ohio’s execution method to waterboard and injecting fire in the veins of the prisoner, Gov. Mike DeWine issued a reprieve Friday afternoon for a Columbus killer slated to die next month. DeWine has directed the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to assess Ohio’s current options for execution drugs […]