COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A group of Ohio lawmakers crossed the aisle Tuesday in calling for a repeal of the state’s death penalty. The bipartisan slate of state senators – two Democrats and two ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Efforts to abolish capital punishment in Ohio are heating up with a bipartisan bill that has drawn the support of former lawmakers who helped enact the state’s death penalty ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Capital punishment is a sensitive topic for Lamont Hunter Sr. "I was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death back in 2007," he told 10 Investigates. The Case That Led to Death Row ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—After years of repeatedly announcing postponements of scheduled executions in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine has now scheduled a new death-penalty announcement for next month: one about his ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly a year ago, Gov. Mike DeWine suggested to a room full of reporters that he was preparing to make some sort of announcement about Ohio’s broken-down death penalty system. “We’ve ...

Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine. State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – More than 20 years after their loved ones were murdered in central Ohio, Becky Rodeniser and Jennifer Conley are still waiting for the state to execute the convicted killers.