Nearly a year ago, Gov. Mike DeWine suggested to a room full of reporters that he was preparing to make some sort of announcement about Ohio’s broken-down death penalty system. “We’ve not had any ...

There’s a noticeable policy thread running through Mike DeWine’s governorship, it’s his steady if fairly understated opposition to capital punishment.

If Gov. Mike DeWine reveals himself as an opponent of the death penalty before he leaves office in early 2027, it remains to be seen what – if anything – he would do to permanently stop executions in ...

More than 20 years after their loved ones were murdered in central Ohio, Becky Rodeniser and Jennifer Conley are still ...

In Ohio, executions have stood still for nearly seven years, due in part to what Gov. Mike DeWine says is pharmaceutical companies’ opposition to use of their products in the drug concoction that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — While Ohio has joined a few other states in pausing executions, the number of people put to death nationwide so far this year has hit a 15-year high. A handful of states have suddenly ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed three additional executions as the state struggles to find an adequate supply of drugs for lethal injection. The governor’s latest warrants of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) -Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost testified before the House Judiciary Committee encouraging Ohio to become the next state to use nitrogen hypoxia to execute death row inmates.

(CNN) -- Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire appeared to gasp and convulse for roughly 10 minutes before he finally died Thursday during his execution by lethal injection using a new combination of drugs, ...

Reader discretion is advised, as this article discusses methods of capital punishment. Previous coverage on nitrogen executions above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost expressed on Monday his support for a bill that would legalize execution by nitrogen hypoxia in Ohio, while claiming private companies are withholding ...

Ohio announced Monday that it plans to put to death a prisoner next month with a two-drug cocktail that has never before been tried by any state for an execution. On Nov. 14, the state plans to use a ...