Tag Archives: Governor Mike DeWine

Ohio: a de Facto Abolition State

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Ohio’s death penalty system has experienced a five-year hiatus. The last execution was of Robert van Hook, who was killed by employees of the state on July 18, 2018, despite evidence linking his behaviour to his “bizarre, chaotic, violent” childhood. … Continue reading →

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Justice Joseph T. Deters

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Today, March 17, 2023, we remember the disastrous day, 30 years ago, when Jeffrey Wogenstahl entered death row. On March 17, 1993, Jeff received his sentence of death; his removal to death row followed. Throughout his long incarceration in prisons … Continue reading →

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Guilt, Shame and Mental Torment

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Ohio’s Governor DeWine has postponed two more executions because of difficulties obtaining drugs; there are now no executions scheduled in Ohio before March next year. At the Chillicothe Correctional Institution where death row is housed, the relief of the inmates at … Continue reading →

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A Disturbing Ruling

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Justice for Willie

A Sixth Circuit appeals court panel ruled this month that Ohio’s three-drug execution protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. The panel’s decision is at odds with federal magistrate Judge Merz’s conclusion earlier this … Continue reading →

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Ohio Officials Reflect

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Ohio’s governor, Governor DeWine, has admitted that the state’s deception when buying execution drugs could result in legitimate users in Ohio being deprived of their medicines.. The state has been purchasing drugs for executions through its Department of Mental Health and … Continue reading →

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Justice for Willie

There is very good news from Ohio – executions there have been halted by the new governor, Governor Mike DeWine!  Initially Governor DeWine postponed the scheduled execution of Warren Keith Henness; later he stopped other scheduled executions indefinitely. The governor … Continue reading →

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Do they deserve to kill?

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Warren Keith Henness is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. He claims innocence of the murder of which he was convicted, but is seeking only to have his death sentence commuted to incarceration, without death.  … Continue reading →

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