Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Mike DeWine is urging lawmakers to repeal the death penalty more than four decades after he helped bring capital punishment ...

After years of speculation about what he'd say or do, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine laid out why he thinks Ohio’s death penalty is an ineffective deterrent to protect the public at a June 16 news conference.

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 ...

(NewsNation) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty, saying it is no longer a deterrent to violent crime. “I no longer believe the death penalty is a ...