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Ohio gets ready to execute
If Ohio goes forward, it will do so without implementing the most substantial recommendations of an impressive Ohio Supreme Court task force on improving capital punishment.
Ohio preparing for 1st execution in more than three years
Ohio says it’s following a mandatory checklist for putting inmates to death as it prepares for the state’s first execution in more than three years. Items on that checklist include determining that the state has enough lethal drugs for the execution, evaluating the inmate’s mental health and checking his veins for the insertion of IVs.
Appeals court ruling opens door to Ohio resuming executions
Ohio is a step closer to resuming executions after a federal court narrowly voted in the state’s favor in a case over its lethal injection process. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday reversed a judge’s order that delayed three executions after he declared Ohio’s lethal injection process unconstitutional.
Future Of Ohio’s Death Penalty Hangs On Legality Of Midazolam
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.
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.
U.S. appeals court debates Ohio executions
A federal appeals court Wednesday debated whether to lift an injunction that prevents Ohio from resuming executions after more than three years of delays.
Ohio’s Lethal Flip Flop: Court Should Hold State To Consistent Legal Position on How To Execute
In a remarkable series of losses and appeals, Ohio state officials are currently attempting to convince yet another federal court to allow them to use a lethal injection protocol which is in direct violation of representations state officials made eight years ago in order to prevail at an earlier phase of the ongoing litigation.