News Brief: Ohio Governor Reprieves and Reschedules Four More Executions
- Ohio
- Research
- Executions
- Upcoming Executions
- Reprieves
- Warren Henness
- Stanley Adams
- John Drummond
- James Hanna
Sep 13, 2021
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (pictured) has issued reprieves further postponing four executions that had been scheduled between January and May 2022. The governor’s orders, announced September 10, 2021, rescheduled the executions for between December 2024 and May 2025.
DeWine granted reprieves to death-row prisoners Warren K. Henness, Stanley T. Adams, John E. Drummond, and James G. Hanna. A news release announcing the reprieves, said “Governor DeWine is issuing these reprieves due to ongoing…
NEWS BRIEF — Poll Shows Decreasing Support for Death Penalty in Texas
May 05, 2021
A new poll of registered Texas voters has found that support for the death penalty, while still strong, has fallen significantly over the past decade. A University of Texas/Texas Tribune internet survey of 1,200 registered voters conducted from April 16 – 22, 2021 found that 63% say they favor keeping the death penalty for people convicted of violent crimes. That number is down from 75% in February 2015 and 78% when the poll began in 2010.
The poll found that fewer Texas voters said they want to…
