COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Gov. Mike DeWine prepares to retire without allowing any executions during his eight years in office, it will be up to his successor to figure out what to do with the state’s ...

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins earlier this week issued an eight-page statement, complete with pictures, on why he ...

Ohio hasn’t executed anyone since 2018, and Attorney General Dave Yost published a scathing annual report this week, tearing into , what he sees as a catastrophic failure of leadership. Today in Ohio ...

Soon after he took office in 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine imposed a kind of informal moratorium on executions in the Buckeye State. But Ohio’s thoughtful and respected chief executive has yet to say what he ...

Inmate executions are expected to proceed in 2015 after Gov. Kasich’s signing of a bill shielding the identity of pharmaceutical companies that supply the state with lethal drugs. But on Tuesday, ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost at a news conference discussing alternative methods for carrying out executions on Jan. 30, 2024. If you or anyone you know is in crisis, the National Suicide Hotline ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is again urging state officials to resume executions, arguing that the state’s pause on the death penalty makes a “mockery” of victims and their ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is again calling for the state to resume executions, saying a years-long pause has stalled justice for victims and their families. Yost made the ...

FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Ronald Phillips, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year ...