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The refusal of pharmaceutical companies to sell the state lethal injection drugs has capital punishment at a virtual standstill. A state lawmaker said he…
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The Justice Department's announcement that the federal government will resume its use of capital punishment has raised questions about the drugs it plans to use.
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"The Justice Department upholds the rule of law — and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system," Attorney General William Barr said.
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Amid controversy and criticism from religious groups on the right and left about their decisions in recent death penalty cases, the court's five-man majority is striking back.
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The Marion man whose 1994 death sentence for the rape and slaying of a woman was overturned by an appeals court has been resentenced to 26 years to life…
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has delayed three more executions set for May, July and September while the state develops a new lethal injection protocol.Ohio…
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says no executions will be carried out until the state come up with a new lethal injection protocol. Ohio Public Radio's Jo…
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Governor Mike DeWine has delayed next month's execution of a condemned Ohio man and ordered the prison system to look at alternative lethal injection…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to Ohio's death penalty law in a case involving a convicted murderer and rapist from Marion. Ohio…
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"We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is not attributed to random chance," the state's supreme court justices wrote in a majority opinion.