Ohio Executions

Some Republican lawmakers want to move executions forward for the first time since 2018—none have happened since Gov. Mike DeWine took office.

The bill's introduction comes just days after the state of Alabama used nitrogen gas to execute 58-year-old Kenneth Smith—becoming the first state to do so.

This week Ohio carried out its first lethal injection since executions were stopped in 2014 after a lethal injection caused an inmate to take an unusually…