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Ohio ‘not very close’ to resuming death penalty
COLUMBUS – Ohio’s next execution is set for February, but Gov. Mike DeWine said the state is “not very close” to resuming the death penalty. Read more here.
Opinion: I oversaw executions. We cannot resume the federal death penalty.
“I have seen the death penalty up close. During my years as Ohio’s Republican attorney general, I oversaw 18 executions. Before that, I helped write the state’s death penalty law as a legislator. I’ve heard all the justifications — deterrence, support for victims, cost savings. And I know now they are all wrong, and those […]
Americans now support life in prison over death penalty
“For the first time in Gallup’s 34-year trend, a majority of Americans say that life imprisonment with no possibility of parole is a better punishment for murder than the death penalty is. The 60% to 36% advantage for life imprisonment marks a shift from the past two decades, when Americans were mostly divided in their […]
Judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death row inmates
“U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan has granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the government from carrying out the first federal executions in 16 years. The injunction was entered in a lawsuit challenging the legality and constitutionality of the government’s lethal injection protocol. The following is a statement from Shawn Nolan, one of the attorneys […]
WOSU: Changing views on Ohio’s death penalty ft. OTSE board member
All Sides With Ann Fisher’s segment this morning on Ohio’s death penalty is the perfect opportunity to introduce one of OTSE’s new board members, Jonathan Mann. Jonathan called into Ann Fisher’s show this morning to share his story. From our Board & Staff Page: https://otse.org/board-staff/ After Thomas Knuff was arrested and charged for his father’s […]
Ohio won’t hold any executions in 2019 as Gov. Mike DeWine issues more reprieves
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio will not hold any executions in 2019, as Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday delayed execution dates for death-row inmates James Galen Hanna and Kareem Jackson because of ongoing issues with finding execution drugs. Read more here.
Conservatives in some states push against the death penalty
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Conservatives in states including Wyoming, Utah and Ohio vowed Monday to keep pushing for the repeal of state-level death penalty sentences, even as U.S. officials move toward resuming federal executions. Read more here.
Appeals court says Ohio execution protocol doesn’t cause unconstitutional pain
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that just because an inmate feels like he’s being suffocated after a lethal injection, that doesn’t amount to cruel and unusual punishment. “Rather than debating how much pain we are willing to allow people being executed to endure, we should be debating whether the death penalty […]