Due to the current legal challenges facing Ohio's lethal injection protocol, Governor Kasich has rescheduled all 2017 executions. The next execution is now scheduled to take place on May 10, 2017.
Read MoreA federal magistrate today blocked Ohio’s plans to resume carrying out executions next month, finding that the state’s latest three-drug lethal injection process is likely unconstitutional.
Read MoreOhio's death penalty has been notoriously riddled with problems for years, including four botched executions in less than a decade, a growing mountain of evidence illustrating vast racial and geographic disparities, and seven exonerations since 2003.
Read MoreA federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a protective order shielding the state of Ohio from having to disclose the names of those who make or use the state's lethal-injection drugs.
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