Ohio state Rep. Nickie Antonio, who has introduced legislation to ban the death penalty, criticized the lawmakers' move to amend execution methods and restart executions. Allison Cohen ...

The Ohio General Assembly operates on two-year terms, and when lawmakers adjourned around 2 a.m. on Dec. 19, any bill not on its way to Gov.

Buttons with anti-death penalty slogans ... capital punishment is done in Ohio, which would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of protocols that can be used. The method asphyxiates a condemned ...

Alabama carried out the first execution of 2024. In total, there have been nearly 1,600 executions in the U.S. over the last ...

Alabama carried out the first execution of 2024. In total, there have been nearly 1,600 executions in the U.S. over the last ...

There is a growing push in the Ohio Statehouse to abolish the death penalty in the state. There are bi-partisan bills in both the Ohio Senate and Ohio House to end capital punishment, and ...

The Ohio Supreme Court also rejected Myers’ claim that his sentence was cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. Even though Myers was not the actual killer, that does not mean the ...

Alabama this year became the first state to carry out executions using nitro­gen gas, putting three inmates to death using the controversial method ... and Ohio, according to the Death Penalty ...

Gatterdam said he supports the commutation. "The death penalty has never been found to be a deterrent, and it's disproportionately used against African Americans," Gatterdam said. "We applaud the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec 3.--John Callahan was hanged at Wooster to-day for the murder of Benjamin Tormie, Oct. 20, 1879. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...