Ohio Governor DeWine Urges State to Abolish Death Penalty, Says There Is No ‘Moral Justification’ for It

June 16, 2026 World News

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, center, attends a tour of a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility on March 11, 2026, in Reading, Ohio.

The Legislature “can leave it up to a vote of the people” if it does not want to abolish capital punishment outright, the governor said.

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