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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine delays executions again
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Gov. Mike DeWine rescheduled the state s next three executions due to difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs. File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 19 (UPI) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed the executions of three death row inmates as the state struggles to obtain the drugs needed as part of its lethal injection protocol.
He issued reprieves for Elwood Jones, Gregory Lott and Archie Dixon on Friday. The delays now mean Ohio doesn t have a scheduled execution until Aug. 11 that of Timothy Hoffner.
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Jones April 21 execution date has been pushed back to Dec. 6, 2023; Lott s May 27 date has been pushed to Feb. 15, 2024; and Dixon s June 23 date has been moved to April 17, 2024.
Ohio governor delays more executions amidst drug shortage
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday delayed three more death row inmates’ 2021 executions as the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium continues. The announcement came days after DeWine said lethal injection is no longer an option for the state.
The Republican governor’s warrants of reprieve were issued for condemned prisoners Elwood Jones, Gregory Lott and Archie Dixon.
The reprieves moved Jones’ execution from April 21, 2021, to Dec. 6, 2023; Lott’s from May 27, 2021, to Feb. 15, 2024; and Dixon’s from June 23, 2021, to April 17, 2024.
Jones was sentenced to die for killing 67-year-old Rhoda Nathan in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Blue Ash in 1994. Lott was sentenced to die for killing 82-year-old John McGrath, who died 10 days after Lott set him on fire in East Cleveland during a 1986 break-in. Dixon was sentenced to die for killing his roommate, 22-year-old Christopher Hammer, at a par
Ohio’s next three scheduled executions postponed by Gov. Mike DeWine
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In this Nov. 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio.AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday postponed Ohio’s next three scheduled executions, in keeping with his vow to put capital punishment on hold unless lawmakers choose an alternative method to lethal injection.
It’s the 10th time this year that DeWine, a Greene County Republican, has pushed back execution dates due to state’s ongoing problems getting pharmaceutical companies to sell it lethal-injection drugs.
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Friday, December 18, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday delayed three more death row inmates’ 2021 executions as the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium continues. The announcement came days after DeWine said lethal injection is no longer an option for the state.
The Republican governor’s warrants of reprieve were issued for condemned prisoners Elwood Jones, Gregory Lott and Archie Dixon.
The reprieves moved Jones’ execution from April 21, 2021, to Dec. 6, 2023; Lott’s from May 27, 2021, to Feb. 15, 2024; and Dixon’s from June 23, 2021, to April 17, 2024.