NEWS (6/​5/​20) — Ohio: Governor Mike DeWine (pic­tured) issued reprieves to the last three Ohio death-row pris­on­ers fac­ing exe­cu­tions dates in 2020, ensur­ing that the state will not car­ry out any exe­cu­tions this year. A news release announc­ing the action said the reprieves were grant­ed ​“due to ongo­ing prob­lems involv­ing the will­ing­ness of phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal sup­pli­ers to pro­vide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), pur­suant to DRC pro­to­col, with­out endan­ger­ing other Ohioans.”

The reprieves halt­ed the exe­cu­tions of Kareem Jackson, Stanley Fitzpatrick, and David Sneed, which were sched­uled for September 16, October 14, and December 9 this year. It reset the men’s exe­cu­tion dates for September 15, 2022, February 15, 2023, and April 19, 2023. It was the sec­ond post­pone­ment of Jackson’s exe­cu­tion, who also had faced a January 16, 2020 exe­cu­tion date. DeWine grant­ed a reprieve of that date last October.

DeWine has issued reprieves of 11 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 2020. Former Governor John Kasich pre­vi­ous­ly issued reprieves of three oth­er exe­cu­tion dates that had been sched­uled for 2020.

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See Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2020.