Mike DeWine: “All I was saying, and it is a minor point, all I am saying is, the initiation to release a child to be eligible for…”

This is an historic win for Ohio.

The prolonged effect of capital litigation on victims’ families complicates broad claims that either an execution or a life sentence necessarily provides closure.

I no longer believe Ohio’s experience supports the deterrence argument that once shaped my position.

Violence or the threat of violence at political or public events is always unacceptable.