Jan 06, 2020
With executions on hold due to problems with the lethal-injection protocol, the future of capital punishment in Ohio is uncertain. High-ranking Ohio officials have expressed concerns about the effectiveness and viability of the st…
New Voices
,Apr 26, 2023
The board of Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer published an editorial supporting the passage of Senate Bill 101 that would abolish the death penalty in Ohio. “[T]he time is right,” states the piece, “for the General Assembly to …
Upcoming Executions
,Lethal Injection
,Oct 31, 2019
Three U.S. executions were halted on October 30, 2019, as the Georgia Supreme Court issued a day-of-execution stay to Ray Jefferson Cromartie and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (pictured) …
New Voices
,Aug 09, 2023
In light of the five-year anniversary of Ohio’s last execution, two op-eds highlighting different vi…
Recent Legislative Activity
,Sep 12, 2023
On September 6, 2023, a bipartisan group of Ohio state representatives reintroduced a bill that would abolish the death penalty and replace the punishment with life in prison without parole. Legislators in Ohio have debated the use of capital puni…
Upcoming Executions
,Lethal Injection
,Dec 15, 2020
Saying that “[l]ethal injection appears to us to be impossible from a practical point of view today,” Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (pictured) told reporters it is “pretty clear” that the state will not execute anyone…
New Voices
,Lethal Injection
,Aug 23, 2019
The turmoil surrounding Ohio’s death penalty continued to grow as public health experts criticized a legislator’s suggestion that the state use seized drugs to carry out executions and the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representati…
Costs
,Lethal Injection
,Jul 18, 2023
Today marks the five-year anniversary of Ohio’s last execution, which took place on July 18, 2018. Ohio now joins 15 other states without an execution in the past five years. Although there is no formal moratorium, Governor Mike DeWine has i…
Innocence
,Public Opinion
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Feb 23, 2021
A bipartisan group of legislators has announced the introduction of a bill to repeal Ohio’s death penalty. In a virtual press conference on February 18, 2021, four Republican and four Democratic legislators spoke about the latest effort to end cap…
