Death Penalty

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, signed a ban on the death penalty in that state Wednesday, joining 22 other states.

For the sixth time in a decade, a Democratic state lawmaker has proposed a bill to end the death penalty in Ohio. But this time, the measure has…

This episode originally aired on Jan. 11, 2020.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in December that there is an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in…

A new statewide poll finds more Ohioans than not want to end the death penalty. The ACLU and Ohioans To Stop Executions released the poll on Thursday. It…

This episode originally aired on Jan. 11, 2020.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in December that there is an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in December that there is an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in Ohio. Like many other states, Ohio can't procure…

As the Trump administration accelerates the pace of federal executions in its final days, some Democrats are feeling more urgency to push the president-elect to act upon taking office.

Even after Ohio's governor put lethal injections on pause indefinitely, the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday scheduled oral arguments for and against…

Anti-death penalty advocates are reacting to comments from Gov. Mike DeWine, who said in an Associated Press interview that lethal injection “appears to…

Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio lawmakers must choose a method of capital punishment other than lethal injection before any executions can be carried out in…