Opinion: Time is running out for Gov. DeWine to take a side on the death penalty

Soon after he took office in 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine imposed a kind of informal moratorium on executions in the Buckeye State. But Ohio’s thoughtful and respected chief executive has yet to say what he thinks about whether the state should abolish capital punishment or whether he will commute the sentence of the 113 people on Ohio’s death row before he leaves office next January.
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What it's like to live on death row

There are approximately 2,900 prisoners currently experiencing life on death row. The death penalty is a legal option in 31 states, and it's also utilized in some cases by the U.S. military and government. People on death row are most likely to face lethal ...

Here are Nebraska's 12 death row inmates and their crimes

For the first time in five years, an inmate has been added to Nebraska's death row bringing the total to 12. Here's background on the inmates and their crimes.

Woman Discusses Decision to Marry a Convicted Double Murderer on Death Row: 'Nobody's Going to Understand It'

James Broadnax's execution is scheduled for April 30 in Texas

Brevard’s death row is shrinking as executions accelerate

With another execution set, Brevard’s death row is nearly empty as Florida carries out a record number of executions.
The New York Times

The Death Penalty’s Alarming and Secretive Comeback

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'It's broken': Report highlights death row inmates in Ohio who've been exonerated

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new report released Monday highlights the dozens of Ohio death penalty cases in which potentially innocent people have been sentenced to death. The group Ohioans to Stop Executions -- released the report titled Beyond Reasonable Doubt ...
News Tribune

Bipartisan group of lawmakers, religious leaders call for end to Missouri death penalty

There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing the wrongful execution of innocent people on death row. The agency spends almost $3 million each year on salaries for these personnel ...
Pensacola News Journal

Two Florida women are on death row. Both are from the Pensacola area

Florida's death row population is currently 250, with one biological woman and one transgender woman among them. Tina Brown is the only biological woman on Florida's death row, convicted for the 2010 murder of Audreanna Zimmerman. Florida has sentenced 17 ...

Jason Jones sentencing: Man convicted of Laurel, NE murders receives death penalty

Nearly four years after a quadruple homicide shook the small Northeast Nebraska town of Laurel, the man convicted of the murders is back in court for a final sentencing.