Death Penalty
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine urges lawmakers to repeal the state death penalty
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is calling on the state legislature to abolish the death penalty, citing lengthy delays between sentencing and execution and saying he no longer believes capital punishment deters murder. DeWine, who helped craft Ohio’s modern death-penalty statute as a state legislator in the early 1980s, has made the case as he enters the final months of his term, which ends in January 2027.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Alabama’s appeal in Hamm v. Smith as “improvidently granted,” leaving intact lower-court rulings that bar the execution of Joseph Clifton Smith, a death-row prisoner found by federal courts to be intellectually disabled.
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Tennessee called off the execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on Thursday after prison staff could not establish an intravenous line for the lethal drugs. Officials made repeated attempts over more than an hour before stopping the procedure.
A fake quote card attributing a resignation threat to human rights lawyer Kristina Conti over death penalty reinstatement has been debunked by Rappler. The post lacks any credible source and misidentifies her as 'Rep. Conti.' There are no recent discussions about reviving capital punishment in the Philippines.
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The Fukuoka High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial on Monday over the 1992 murder of two 7-year-old girls in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The defense for the executed death row convict plans to file a special appeal with the Supreme Court against the decision.