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Prosecutors in Cuyahoga County among the nation’s leaders in seeking the death penalty since 1970s, researchers say John Caniglia, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County has been one of the leading counties in the country in imposing the death penalty since 1972, a push that appears to be propelled by its past handling of such cases, a recent study found. Researchers say that the county and a cluster of others with large numbers of death cases are expected to continue pushing the sentence based upon their knowledge of the complex legal process and the culture of t...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday delayed the three remaining executions that were scheduled for this year. The Republican governor is making good on his promise of no executions in 2021. He cited no source for lethal injection drugs and lack of movement by lawmakers in making a switch in execution method a priority. In a December interview with The Associated Press, DeWine said lethal injection is no longer an option for Ohio executions, and lawmakers must choose a different method of capital punishment before any inmates can be put to death in the future. The statement w...

Henness was convicted of luring Myers to his Columbus home under the pretext that he needed substance-abuse counseling from Myers, who frequently went to Columbus to volunteer his time. Henness then kidnapped Myers, shot in the head five times, cut his throat and then took his car, checkbook and credits.  Investigators said Henness and his wife and another man spent the next several days using Myers’ money to smoke crack and abuse other drugs. Police found Myers' body days later at an abandoned water-purification plant off Nelson Road. He had been gagged and his hands had been bound behin...

The statement was the first time the lifelong conservative and pro-life lawmaker made a definitive stance on the death penalty in Ohio. DeWine said in the interview that he still supports capital punishment as state law. But he has come to question its value since the days he helped write the state’s current law - enacted in 1981 - because of the long delays between crime and punishment. The state’s last execution was July 18, 2018, when Ohio put to death Robert Van Hook for killing David Self in Cincinnati in 1985. The executions that were delayed Friday were for Timothy L. Hoffner, sen...

If the Old Dominion State, which The Associated Press reported has executed more people in its history than any other state, can do it, then so can Ohio. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, is expected to sign the repeal, which the state legislature approved Monday, just days after a bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers announced a push to do the same in the Buckeye State. Once again leading the charge is state Sen. Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood. “It’s time for the state of Ohio to take the compassionate, pragmatic and prudent step to abolish the death penalty, which has been found to be ...