Death row inmate Andre "Kokomo" Williams has been denied an appeal for relief from the death penalty because of an intellectual disability, also known as an Atkins claim.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has postponed the executions of three more inmates on death row, including the man convicted of ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued a three-year reprieve on the execution of Danny Lee Hill, who was convicted in the 1985 murder of 12-year-old Raymond Fife of Warren. A news release from DeWine’s office ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—For Ohio to resume executions, state lawmakers would need to pass a “shield law” to prevent pharmaceutical companies from discovering that their drugs were used in lethal injections, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — While Ohio has joined a few other states in pausing executions, the number of people put to death nationwide so far this year has hit a 15-year high. A handful of states have suddenly ...

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 — 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 ...

The actors won’t change, but the script might: That’s the outlook on the Ohio General Assembly’s 2026 session, which — officially — gets underway on Jan. 6, but will semi-hibernate until a few weeks ...

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...