Overview

• Attorney General Dave Yost testified before the House Judiciary Committee in support of House Bill 36 to permit executions by nitrogen hypoxia.
• Yost called the state's inability to carry out death sentences a "dishonorable abdication of responsibility" and cited victims' families and jurors in urging action.
• Governor Mike DeWine on Friday postponed two more executions by three years, attributing the move to pharmaceutical suppliers refusing to provide lethal-injection drugs.
• Ohio has not conducted an execution since 2018, and lethal injection remains the only authorized method as nine states allow lethal gas and five specifically permit nitrogen hypoxia.
• Opponents highlight Alabama's 2024 nitrogen execution, which drew U.N. criticism and reports of prolonged distress, while Ohio corrections data show 113 inmates currently on death row.