Lethal injection is no longer an option for Ohio executions, and lawmakers must choose a different method of capital punishment before any execution can be carried out in the future, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday (article available here).
It’s “pretty clear” there won’t be any executions next year, DeWine told The Associated Press , adding he doesn’t see support in the Legislature for making a switch in execution method a priority. Ohio has an “unofficial moratorium” on capital punishment, he said.
Lethal injection is the only method of capital punishment currently allowed under Ohio law.
“Lethal injection appears to us to be impossible from a practical point of view today,” the governor said. DeWine said he still supports capital punishment as Ohio law.