When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine called on lawmakers to abolish the state's death penalty last week, he wouldn’t tell reporters if he would spare any of the more than 100 people on death row. Three weeks ...

Gov. Mike DeWine supported Ohio's death penalty as a legislator and attorney general. Now he wants the practice to end.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney.

Attorney General Dave Yost has made a strenuous case for Ohio to restart executions in his eighth and final capital crimes report. Why it matters: Ohio hasn't carried out an execution since 2018, ...

A Pennsylvania House committee on Monday passed a pair of bills that would abolish capital punishment in the commonwealth, potentially ending decades of limbo in which death sentences have been handed ...

Philip Derrow argues that capital punishment is an ineffective policy that conservatives should stop supporting.

CLEVELAND—Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesday that he opposes the death penalty and wants Ohio lawmakers to repeal it, reversing a position he has held for his entire political career. “When I voted ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — State Representative Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia) hosted the "End Death Penalty" news conference in Harrisburg on Monday. Rabb was joined by Vicki and Sylvester Schieber, who traveled ...