Oct. 3
OHIO:
Ohio Governor Grants Reprieve to Prisoner Who Was Abandoned by Attorneys
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has granted a reprieve to Cleveland Jackson, delaying
his execution date from November 13, 2019 to January 13, 2021, because of a
misconduct complaint filed against his prev
Oct. 1
OHIOexecution date moved
Governor delays execution of Lima murderer
Convicted Lima murderer Cleveland R. Jackson’s date with Ohio’s lethal
injection gurney has again been delayed, this time for more than a year.
Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday cited a disciplinary complaint file
Sept. 24
OHIO:
Ohio Governor's Lethal Injection Comments Allowed in Lawsuit
A federal magistrate judge is allowing comments about the death penalty made by
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to become part of a long-running lawsuit challenging
Ohio's lethal injection process.
Lawyers for death r
Sept 15
OHIO:
New twist in Ohio death penalty
Vicki Williams of Lima believes Cleveland Jackson showed little regard for her
daughter, Leneshia, when he killed her in 2002. As for his death sentence, the
only thing she sees as being “cruel and unusual punishment” are the 17 years
she’s
August 22
OHIO:
Ohio's Republican House speaker says he's 'less and less supportive' of the
death penalty
Amid concerns about finding a constitutional execution drug, Ohio House Speaker
Larry Householder says he's "less and less supportive" of the death penalty.
"I'm probably like
July 8
OHIO:
Man faces retrial in slaying after death penalty overturned
A man accused of raping and killing a female bartender is set to face retrial
after the Ohio Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence.
The News-Herald in Willoughby reports jury selection
June 1
OHIO:
Death penalty ‘mental illness’ bill heads to Ohio House
The Ohio House is considering a bill that would prohibit the executions of
defendants if they're found to have had a "serious mental illness" at the time
of the offense.
The House Criminal Justice Committee appro
May 23
OHIO:
Ohio should do the right thing, not execute those with mental illness
As Ohio takes a break from executions while questions surrounding the lethal
drugs used in the process are hashed out, it’s a good time to consider ending
execution of people who have serious mental il
May 22
OHIOnew death sentence
Cleveland man gets death penalty in Mr. Cars double murder
A judge on Tuesday imposed the death penalty on a 32-year-old man convicted of
the execution-style murders of a couple during a break-in attempt at their
family-owned car lot.
Joseph McAlpi
May 15
OHIO:
Parolee charged in slaying of ex-prison pen pal, friend in Parma Heights
invoked ‘Dexter,’ wanted to dismember bodies, prosecutor says
A prosecutor told a jury that the 44-year-old man accused of stabbing to death
his former prison pen pal and her friend planned to disme
May 14
OHIO:
Joseph McAlpin, convicted of killing couple at Mr. Cars dealership, faces
sentencing
Joseph McAlpin, the man convicted of murdering a local couple at Mr. Cars
dealership in Cleveland, will learn his fate during his sentencing hearing
Monday. He faces the death penalty f
April 30
OHIO:
More reasons to abolish death penalty than to retain it
The New Hampshire legislature just voted to abolish capital punishment. While
the governor has promised to veto it, it passed with such a majority that it
may be veto-proof. New Hampshire may be about to join the c
April 28
OHIO:
Trial in Parma Heights prison pen-pal killings begins with jury selection
Jury selection began Friday in the trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing
his former prison pen-pals in their Parma Heights home in May 2017, then
leaving their bodies behind as he carried ou
April 24
OHIO:
Judge in Cuyahoga County rules man on death row for 30 years is mentally
disabled, tosses death sentence
A county judge has thrown out the death sentence of a man whose been on death
row since his 1988 conviction in a brutal beating death of a 74-year-old woman
at a
April 23
OHIO:
Judge in Cleveland sets hearing that will determine whether convicted Mr. Cars
killer gets the death penalty
A judge set a date for the second phase of the trial of a man who faces the
death penalty after jurors convicted him of killing a couple at a Cleveland car
lot
April 20
OHIO:
Judge delays ‘death penalty phase’ in trial of man convicted of double slaying
at Cleveland car dealership
The 2nd phase of the trial where a man faces the death penalty for killing a
couple at a Cleveland car lot in March 2017 has been delayed.
Joseph McAlpin was
Apirl 17
OHIO:
Cleveland man guilty in Mr. Cars slayings, faces death penalty
A jury on Tuesday found a Cleveland man guilty of aggravated murder in the
execution-style killings of a couple and their dog inside the used car lot they
owned.
Joseph McAlpin will now face the death pena
April 9
OHIO:
New lawyer named in Lebanon inmate death penalty case
A new lawyer has been appointed to help defend a prison inmate facing the death
penalty for strangling his cellmate in their cell at the Lebanon Correctional
Institution.
Last week, Judge Donald Oda II appointed Rya
March 27
OHIO:
Man facing death penalty in double-slaying of Cleveland car dealership owners
wanted quick cash, prosecutors say
Michael Kuznik and Trina Tomola wanted to close up their used car dealership
and pick up fish dinners for their 2 kids before they returned home on Good
Fr
March 20
OHIO:
Ohio attorney general chastises judge over death penalty
A federal judge improperly praised Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's decision to delay an
execution based on the judge's scathing critique of the state's lethal
injection method, the state attorney general said.
In a cour
March 19
OHIO:
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart talks about the death penalty, bail
bond reform, efficiency
“There are some counties in this state who have never prosecuted a case with
death-penalty specifications. If a heinous crime is death-penalty worthy, then
it’s death
March 1
OHIOnew death sentence:
Arron Lawson receives death penalty in Ohio quadruple murder case
A 3-judge panel has handed down a death sentence for a man who was found guilty
in a quadruple murder case in Lawrence County, Ohio.
The judges made the ruling Thursday in the case
February 28
OHIO:
Realities of Death Penalty Revealed in Ohio
To date, Ohio has executed 56 people since reinstatement of the death penalty
in 1976. During that same time, 9 people have been exonerated from the state’s
death row, 20 have received clemency, and 3 have been killed by
February 21
OHIO:
Anti-Death Penalty Group Pleased But Still Concerned About Upcoming Executions
Advocates against capital punishment say they’re pleased with comments from
Gov. Mike DeWine, who says executions won’t proceed until the prisons
department comes up with a new lethal inj
February 20
OHIO:
Gov. Mike DeWine freezes all Ohio executions while new method developed
Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that there will be no more executions in Ohio
until a new method of carrying them out can be developed and deemed
constitutional by the courts.
“As long as the stat
February 12
OHIO:
Final jury selection delayed in start of quadruple homicide trial
Final jury selection was delayed Monday in a Pedro, Ohio, quadruple homicide
case being held at the Lawrence County Courthouse.
Arron L. Lawson, 24, of Township Road 1051, Ironton, faces 4 counts al
February 2
OHIOfemale may face death penalty
Pilkington suppression decision coming soon
A decision on whether or not all or some of Brittany Pilkington’s confession
will be admitted at trial could come early next week.
Presiding Judge Mark S. O’Connor has reviewed closing brie
December 2
OHIO:
Prosecutor Considering Pursuing Death Penalty For Man Accused In Murders Of
Woman, Child
A grand jury has indicted a man accused of setting fire to a suburban Cleveland
home and killing a woman and her 8-year-old daughter.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Mall
Nov. 20
OHIO:
Pike County massacre: Lawmakers want state taxpayers to foot bill for costly
death penalty cases
Pike County simply can't afford to prosecute 4 death penalty cases so lawmakers
and Ohio's next top cop want the state's tax money to foot the bill.
Ohio's Attorney Gene
Oct. 18
OHIO:
Accused killer of Beavercreek man to be sentenced in Carolina case
The man accused of killing a Beavercreek man in front of his children is
scheduled to be sentenced for an unrelated case in South Carolina federal court
before his potential death penalty case moves ahe
September 29
OHIO:
Inmate Convicted in Ohio Prison Riot Fights Execution Date
An inmate sentenced to die in the slayings of 5 fellow inmates during a 1993
prison riot in Ohio is fighting a prosecutor's request to set his execution
date.
Lawyers for 49-year-old Keith LaMar told the O
August 10
OHIO:
Cleveland man whose 2002 death sentence overturned can't have jury hear new
sentencing, court rules
A convicted serial rapist and killer whose 2002 death sentence was overturned
on appeal must have his re-sentencing hearing heard by a 3-judge panel and not
a jury, th
July 20
OHIOdeath sentence commuted
Gov. John Kasich commutes death sentence of Cincinnati killer Raymond Tibbetts
A Cincinnati killer scheduled to be executed on Oct. 17 has been spared the
death penalty after a juror's plea to Gov. John Kasich.
Kasich went against the recomme
July 18
OHIOexecution
Convicted killer Robert Van Hook executed at Lucasville prison
Convicted of the horrific murder of a Cincinnati man, Robert Van Hook died
by lethal injection on Wednesday in Ohio's 1st execution in more than 10
months.
The 58-year-olld Van Hook was pronou
June 14
OKLAHOMAdeath row inmate dies
Death row inmate in Tulsa bank teller's murder found dead at state penitentiary
A death row inmate who killed a Tulsa bank teller in 2004 and who exhausted his
appeals reportedly hanged himself Saturday in his jail cell.
Oklahoma State Peni
May 9
OHIO:
Man ruled competent to stand trial in '15 murder
Not many murder defendants want a death-penalty specification added to their
case.
Tuesday, James Jarrell asked why he couldn't have 1 in his aggravated-murder
case.
After a hearing in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court
May 3
OHIO:
Court to hear case of Ohio man who killed 88-year-old woman
The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled arguments in the death penalty case of a
man convicted of fatally beating and stabbing an 88-year-old woman during a
robbery.
Death row inmate James Goff was sentenced to di
May 1
OHIO:
Still no execution date for Dayton man after 30 years on death rowSamuel
Moreland was convicted in 1986 of killing 5 members of a Dayton family.
25 of Ohio's death row inmates have been assigned dates through 2022 when
lethal chemicals under the state's direction are
April 18
OHIO:
Ohio Death Penalty Sentencing Process Ruled Constitutional
Ohio's death penalty sentencing process is different in critical ways from a
Florida sentencing scheme struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ohio
Supreme Court ruled today. The state's high court unanimously
April 6
OHIO:
Ohio's string of death penalty mistakes casts doubt over capital punishment's
usefulnessAfter multiple mistakes in executing capital punishment, opinion
writer Tim Zelina argues it's time to leave the death penalty behind.
More than 100 countries have abolished th
April 5
OHIO:
Jury recommends death penalty for James Worley
A Fulton County jury says James Worley should be put to death following his
murder conviction last month.
On Wednesday afternoon, jurors unamimously decided to reccomend death penalty
for killing UT student Sierah Joughin
March 26
OHIO:
Ohio Gov. John Kasich commutes death sentence for killer set for execution in 2
weeks
Ohio Gov. John Kasich granted clemency for a Toledo-area killer who was 2 weeks
away from execution.
Kasich's decision Monday to spare William Montgomery's life comes 10 days after
March 21
OHIO:
Gov. Kasich, heed Ohio Parole Board and don't execute William Montgomery: Jack
Sullivan Jr. (Opinion)
The families of murder victims deserve the truth about what happened to our
loved ones. We want the offenders punished, but we certainly don't want the
wrong persons h
March 8
OHIO:
Potential jurors considers death penalty in Sierah Joughin murder trial
Day 3 is over In the case of the people versus James Worley, the man accused of
murdering Sierah jJoughin back in 2016.
As part of jury selection potential jurors went through individual questionin
March 6
OHIO:
Franklin County seeing more death-penalty cases
Killers who gun down police officers. Serial predators who serve time, only to
get out, find new prey and kill. Murderers who snatch away the lives of young
children. Those are among the groups Ohio prosecutors typically tar
March 2
OHIO:
Jury pool narrowed to 51 for death-penalty trial
The pool of potential jurors for the Brian L. Golsby trial stands at 51 after
prosecution and defense attorneys spent 3 1/2 days eliminating those who were
considered too influenced by pretrial publicity or too inflexible
Feb. 21
OHIO:
Man pleads not guilty to raping, killing Warren native in ColumbusAnthony
Pardon, accused of murdering Rachael Anderson, entered a not guilty plea for
all nine of the charges
The registered sex offender accused of raping, torturing and murdering an
aspiring funeral
Feb. 16
OHIO:
Death penalty indictment filed for suspect in kidnapping, rape, and murder of
Rachael Anderson
The Franklin County Prosecutor says a death penalty indictment has been filed
against 53-year-old Anthony Pardon, who is suspected of raping and killing
24-year-old Rachael
Feb. 15
OHIO:
Ohio Supreme Court won't reopen Anthony Sowell appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request by condemned Cleveland
serial killer Anthony Sowell to reopen his appeal of his 2011 conviction and
death sentence.
The move is the latest procedural step as Sow
Feb. 9
OHIOstay of impending execution
Clemency appropriately applied by the governor
Ross Geiger took the extraordinary step of writing to the governor last week.
On Thursday, John Kasich responded in a considered and appropriate way. The
governor issued a temporary reprieve for
Feb. 8
OHIOstay of impending execution
Gov. Kasich Grants Reprieve, Delays Execution of Raymond Tibbetts
Governor John Kasich today granted a reprieve in the scheduled execution of
Raymond Tibbetts, who was set to die next Tuesday, Feb. 13. His execution has
been rescheduled for
Feb. 8
OHIO:
He's Watched 21 Men Die - A Former Journalist on 18 Years of Covering
Executions in Ohio
It's a role he had to fight for and one, quite frankly, he would rather not
have had. But, as Johnson says, it's fundamental and essential for the media to
bear witness to these dea
Feb. 5
OHIOimpending execution
Ohio juror voted for death 20 years ago, now seeks mercy
Ross Geiger had doubts about recommending a death sentence 20 years ago for a
convicted Ohio killer, concerned about the impact of the offender???s tough
childhood on his behavior.
But ultima
Jan. 30
OHIOimpending execution
Lawyers say condemned killer early victim of opioid epidemicLawyers said
Raymond Tibbetts deserves mercy because of "his addiction and unanswered
requests for help"
Ohio Gov. John Kasich should consider his fight against the state's deadly
op
Jan. 26
OHIO:
Prosecutors to ask for death penalty against adult murder suspects
The Licking County Prosecutor's Office will be pursuing the death penalty for
the 1st time in more than a decade against 2 men charged with the aggravated
murder of another Newark man.
Licking County Pr
Dec. 11
OHIO:
Arson deaths case
Stanley Ford, 58, of Akron, was indicted on 29 charges. 22 are aggravated
murder counts for 9 fire victims, with Ford charged under different parts of
the law. He faces the death penalty.
Investigators say Ford set 3 fires in his neighborhood, with
Dec. 7
OHIO:
Mitigation specialist to come in for death penalty case
Steven Mages, the man accused of killing his girlfriend and unborn child in
Goshen Twp., appeared in court on Nov. 29.
Mages' defense scored something of a win from Clermont County Common Pleas
Judge Victor Hadda
Dec. 6
OHIO:
Court docs: Golsby seeing $300 an hour psychologist while in jail
The man charged in the rape, kidnapping and murder of Ohio State student Reagan
Tokes has been seeing a clinical psychologist while in jail, according to court
records uncovered by 10 Investigates.
What's
Nov. 15
OHIObotched execution stopped and postponed
Execution called off; won't happen today
Alva Campbell, Jr.'s execution was called off this morning, after medical
personnel were unable to locate a vein to absorb the 3-drug cocktail used as
part of the lethal injection proces
Nov. 14
OHIOimpending execution
U.S. Supreme Court won’t stop Ohio execution of sick inmate
Ohio started final preparations Tuesday for executing a sick inmate who will be
provided a wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe as he’s put to death this
week.
Death row prisoner Alva C
Nov. 10
OHIOimpending execution
Gov. Kasich denies clemency request for ill Ohio inmate
Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he won't spare the life of a condemned killer who
has cited his poor health and tough upbringing in an attempt to avoid
execution.
The Republican governor's decis
Nov. 9
OHIOimpending execution
Ill Ohio inmate asks US Supreme Court to halt execution
A condemned Ohio killer who argues he is too ill to execute has asked the U.S.
Supreme Court to delay his upcoming execution.
Attorneys for death row inmate Alva Campbell say his breathing p
Nov. 8
OHIOimpending execution
Death row inmate wants execution by firing squad, not lethal injection because
he has weak veins
A death row inmate in Ohio convicted of murdering a teenage boy wants to be
executed by firing squad instead of lethal injection because he has weak
Oct. 30
OHIO:
Jurors to begin deliberating Nasser Hamad verdict today
After hearing from more than 30 witnesses last week, jurors will hear closing
arguments today and begin to deliberate whether Nasser Hamad is guilty of 2
counts of aggravated murder and several counts of attempted mu
Oct. 14
OHIO:
Suspect wanted in Ohio slayings captured
The manhunt for the suspect in the deadly shootings of a 7-year-old boy and 3
adults in Pedro, Ohio, ended in its 2nd day Friday with the capture of Arron
Lee Lawson.
Lawson, 23, of rural Ironton, was arrested at about 10:35 a
Sept. 19
OHIO:
Jurors seated in capital murder trial
Jurors in the aggravated murder trial of Christopher Peters were seated Monday
afternoon.
The 12 jurors and 2 alternates, along with attorneys and court officials, then
traveled to the scene of the alleged crime in Delphos as what
Sept. 13
OHIOexecution
Ohio Executes Double Murderer Gary Otte
An Ohio man convicted of back-to-back murders 25 years ago was executed
Wednesday morning after the courts rejected his arguments that the lethal
injection the state uses could expose him to serious pain.
Gary Otte
Sept. 3
OHIO:
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty in Car Lot Slayings
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing a
couple at their used car lot in Cleveland.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley said Friday that Joseph McAlpin was
re-indicted on
Sept. 2
OHIO:
Ohio governor reschedules 19 upcoming executions
Gov. John Kasich has rescheduled executions for 19 condemned killers on Ohio's
death row.
The reprieves granted by Kasich push most executions previously scheduled over
the next several years forward by a few months. The
July 26
OHIOexecution
Ohio child-killer Ronald Phillips executed at Lucasville
Ronald Phillips could not avoid his 7th execution date.
After 6 postponements, the 43-year-old Summit County man was executed Wednesday
for a murder he committed 24 years ago, a week into Bill Clinton's
July 24
OHIOimpending execution
Execution set for Wednesday puts Ohio back in national spotlight
Had she lived, Sheila Marie Evans would be 27 years old.
She was just 3 when, over 2 or 3 days in January 1993, she was beaten,
repeatedly raped anally, thrown against a wall and pun
July 23
OHIO:
Ohio needs a more humane way to kill
Between the ages of 3 and 4 years, a child starts to quickly develop
vocabulary. They know their name and can introduce themselves. They can speak
short sentences. The infamous "why" question starts to become a staple of both
curios
July 22
OHIOimpending execution
Ohio argues against execution delays for 3 condemned inmates
Ohio state attorneys argued on Friday against delaying 3 upcoming executions on
grounds that the condemned killers have little chance of legal victory and
repeated postponements are drain
July 18
OHIOimpending execution
This killer turned prison chaplain shows what's wrong with the death penalty.
Ronald Phillips is scheduled to die on Wednesday, July 26. It is the 7th time
this death row inmate in Ohio has been slated for execution since he was
sentenced in 1993 fo
July 8
OHIOimpending execution
Executions court-approved to resume this month for Ohio's death row
inmatesCondemned child killer Ronald Phillips has a date slated with the
death chamber
Ronald Phillips, age 43, has his third date with death. He is, now, scheduled
for executio
July 7
OHIOimpending execution
Ohio preparing for 1st execution in more than 3 years
Ohio is following a mandatory checklist for putting inmates to death as it
prepares for the state's 1st execution in more than 3 years, a prisons agency
official said.
The state wouldn't release d
June 28
OHIO:
Cuyahoga County prosecutors to seek death penalty against man charged in f5
killings
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley's office will seek the death
penalty in the case of a North Canton man charged with killing 5 people earlier
this month in Cuyahoga and Sta
June 24
OHIO:
Lincoln Rutledge's attorneys likely to cite mental health in opposing death
penalty
The Franklin County jurors who convicted Lincoln S. Rutledge on Thursday of
purposely killing a Columbus police officer weren't allowed to consider his
mental health.
That changes Mond
June 19
OHIO:
Rutledge apparently won't testify in his death-penalty case
Jurors in the trial of suspected cop killer Lincoln S. Rutledge have been told
not to return to court until Tuesday, apparently signaling that Rutledge will
not testify in the death-penalty case.
Franklin Cou
June 8
OHIO:
Death row inmate's request for new sentencing hearing denied
Convicted killer Stanley Jalowiec has lost his latest effort to have his death
sentence overturned.
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Chris Cook rejected a request from Jalowiec's
attorneys to grant him a new s
June 3
OHIO:
Sheriff reopens 2009 investigation into death of Bogle suspect's girlfriend
Sandusky County Sheriff Chris Hilton said Friday he has reopened an
investigation into the 2009 death of a girlfriend of Daniel Myers, who in a
separate case was arrested and charged this week in
April 27
OHIO:
Court agrees to rehear lethal injection case in win for Ohio
The state on Tuesday won a round in its efforts to restart executions in Ohio,
though in the short term a court???s ruling will likely delay efforts to put a
condemned child killer to death.
At issue are arg
April 16
OHIO:
Expert: Death penalty cases different
Jurors' perceptions are key in any criminal case, especially in a capital
murder case, an expert on death-penalty law says.
Add intense pretrial publicity, and judges - as well as defense attorneys and
prosecutors - will do whatever
April 10
OHIO:
Robert Seman jumps to his death at courthouse
Robert Seman has thrown himself off the fourth floor of the Mahoning County
Courthouse and is dead.
Seman had a status hearing in his death penalty case and threw himself off the
balcony onto the floor of the rotunda.
A Vi
April 9
OHIO:
Death penalty debate continues
Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins said it may be premature for people
opposed to the death penalty to call it dead in Ohio.
"In Trumbull County, the system works and due process takes place daily with
judges and jurors doing their
March 21
OHIO:
Vigil at St. Gerard calls on ending death penalty
The Catholic Church has long been known for its stance in defending the rights
of unborn children.
However, a prayer vigil held Monday took a more controversial approach to the
life/death issue.
The St. Gerard Catholi
Feb. 24
OHIO:
High court declines to hear death row inmate's appeals
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday denied 2 motions by an attorney for death
row inmate Nathaniel E. Jackson, including 1 asking them to reconsider their
decision last year not to vacate his death sentence.
The c
Feb. 22
OHIOnew death sentence
50-year-old man sentenced to death for the 1987 murder of a 75-year-old woman
in Euclid
A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to death for the murder of a 75-year-old
woman in Euclid.
According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Andre Jackson was conv
Feb. 11
OHIO:
State postpones executions again, adds 5 more
Gov. John Kasich has postponed 8 scheduled executions as the state continues to
work through legal challenges and attempt to locate supplies of the drugs it
uses to put inmates to death.
The move Feb. 10 comes a couple of w
Feb. 3
OHIO:
Jury process to start for 2nd time in Seman case
About 160 potential jurors are expected today to report to Mahoning County
Common Pleas Court for the 2nd attempt at picking a jury in the Robert Seman
capital murder case.
Jurors will report about 1:30 p.m., take their o
Jan. 26
OHIO:
Federal judge rejects Ohio's new lethal injection process
A federal judge has declared Ohio's new lethal injection process
unconstitutional and delayed three upcoming executions.
The ruling Thursday by Magistrate Judge Michael Merz followed a weeklong
hearing over the 3
Jan. 20
OHIO:
Judge excuses jurors in Seman case
About 180 jurors Wednesday were excused in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court
from having to serve in the capital murder case of Robert Seman.
The jurors were excused for a variety of reasons ranging from financial
hardship to health a
Jan. 15
OHIO:
Ohio seeks drug reversing lethal injection process if needed
Ohio's prisons agency is trying to obtain a drug that could reverse the lethal
injection process if needed by stopping the effects of another drug previously
used in problematic executions.
The request to use
Jan. 3
OHIO:
Trial set in latest challenge to Ohio death penalty process
Attorneys for death row inmates and lawyers for Ohio's prisons agency are back
in court this week in the latest challenge to the way the state puts condemned
killers to death.
The 4-day trial beginning Tuesday
Jan. 2
OHIO:
Judge's rejection of jury's execution recommendation is rare
A recent decision by a Cleveland judge to overrule a jury's death sentence
recommendation for a triple killer highlights how rare such judicial decisions
are.
Research by The Associated Press found just eight
Dec. 8
OHIO:
Death-row inmate says his attorneys kept him from testifying in his own defense
during 2006 trial
About the case ...
Prosecution's account: Clarence Fry Jr. stalked and killed Tamela Hardison, his
estranged girlfriend, in 2005 to prevent her from testifying against him or
Dec. 7
OHIO:
Ohio executions set to resume in January 2017
As Ohio resumes executions in the new year, death row inmate Ronald Phillips is
scheduled to die on January 12, 2017. Phillips was sentenced to death in 1995
for the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3 year-old daughter
Dec. 5
OHIOimpending execution
State rejects execution delay for man who raped, killed girl
The state has rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of
a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old
daughter.
Assistant Ohio attor
Dec. 3
OHIO:
Delay sought in trial for accused arsonist2 Toledo firefighters killed in
2014 blaze
Defense attorneys for the Oregon man accused of setting a fire that killed two
Toledo firefighters in 2014 are seeking to have his trial on capital murder
charges postponed.
Ray Ab
Nov. 21
OHIO:
Victim's mother reacts to death sentence in Warrensville barbershop slayings
A jury sentenced convicted murder Douglas Shine Jr. to death for killing 3 men
at a Warrensville Heights barbershop in February of 2015.
All 6 counts were unanimous, death for the 21-year-old.
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