To be eligible for the death penalty in Ohio, the defendant must be at least 18 at the time of the crime and convicted of aggravated murder with certain factors. That includes killing a child or ...

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with serious mental illnesses from being executed. Nine people have been removed from death row, with 25 cases still pending. Some death row inmates have ...

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 ...