COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has stayed the executions of three death row inmates, a move that has become somewhat common in the last handful of years as pharmaceutical issues combine with a shift in feelings about the death penalty. DeWine announced the stays Friday, saying the moves are due to “ongoing […]
April 11, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the heroic uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. The uprising began as Muslim inmates protested against being forced to take a tuberculosis test that violated their religious beliefs against alcohol. It quickly turned into a full-scale rebellion that…
DeWine has repeatedly expressed his concern that if pharmaceutical companies find that Ohio used its drugs to put people to death, they will refuse to sell any of its drugs – not just the ones used in executions – to the state.