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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 […]
Ohio board rejects condemned man’s request for mercy
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Parole Board on Friday rejected a clemency request by a condemned man who says he’s innocent of the fatal shooting of a volunteer addiction counselor and is asking that his life be spared. Warren Keith Henness, who goes by his middle name, was convicted of killing 51-year-old Richard Meyers in […]
Opinion: It’s ineffective, costs too much time and money, Jack D’Aurora
What message will Ohio send if it seeks the death penalty for the four members of the Wagner family accused of murdering eight members of the Rhoden family in Pike County in 2016? That the death penalty is the only way justice can be served for such brutal killings? That executing the Wagners is a […]