The application of Ohio's death penalty varies significantly by county, influenced by the views of elected prosecutors. Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties have historically sent the most people to death ...

Ohio hasn’t executed anyone on death row since 2018. Under Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who says the state can’t get the drugs it needs for lethal injections, the state has had an unofficial death penalty ...

Editor's note: This database contains descriptions of violent crimes. There are 113 people sitting on Ohio's death row. Some were sentenced to death decades ago, for murders committed in the 1980s and ...