Mike DeWine Had a Chance to Make History on the Death Penalty. He Didn’t Take It

Mike DeWine had a chance to make history on the death penalty. He didn’t take it

Governor Mike DeWine stood before Ohio for the last State of the State Address Tuesday, but what he didn’t saw was more remarkable than what he said, say the hosts of the Today in Ohio podcast.

Stop the Death Penalty in Ohio - Contact your Rep

Last month we heard from Ohio's Speaker of the House, Matt Huffman, that if an overwhelming portion of his caucus wanted to pass legislation ending the death penalty, he was "not going to block that from coming to the floor."We are grateful that Gov. DeWine has not allowed any executions to take place during his tenure as Ohio's governor. We were expecting him to issue some kind of death penalty announcement in January - here we are in March and…

The death penalty in Ohio stands at a critical juncture – Matter News

“NHCADP Protest – World Day Against the Death Penalty” by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. When Republican Gov. Mike DeWine delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday, he avoided mention of Ohio’s broken death penalty system – this despite having teased an announcement related to capital punishment for more than a year. “I’m going to spend a little time at Christmas writing my statement,” DeWine …