Soon after he took office in 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine imposed a kind of informal moratorium on executions in the Buckeye State.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Many death row inmates in Florida will die of natural causes, not by an executioner's needle. The recent death of one inmate is fueling debate on both sides of the capital ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The status of the death penalty in Kentucky was argued in a Franklin Circuit courtroom Monday. A Franklin Circuit judge heard arguments between the attorney general’s legal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost renewed his push to resume executions in Ohio Wednesday, calling the state's years-long pause on ...

What, exactly, is supposed to end when an execution is over? For many families of murder victims, the public language surrounding death row has long offered a simple answer: closure. The promise is ...

Samuel Moreland was convicted of killing five people in 1985, including three children. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is renewing his call to end the state’s unofficial moratorium on executions for ...