'[The death penalty] has been found to be expensive, impractical, unjust, unfair, inhumane and–in the past– even erroneous'
Bipartisan legislation introduced this week in Ohio could finally end the state's use of capital punishment., sponsored by Republican Stephen Huffman and Democrat Nickie Antonio and co-sponsored by nine others, would replace death sentences with life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Ohio hasn’t executed anyone since 2018 and, because of difficulties sourcing lethal injections, the state has an unofficial moratorium on executions until legislators settle on another method. For legal and ethical reasons, most, making lethal injection meds difficult for states to procure. Critics have called lethal injection cocktails produced in compounding pharmacies experimental, pointing to executions by lethal injection that have gone wrong as evidence. In 2014,of those companies from the public, but the shortage has persisted.
Despite the bill’s bipartisan support and co-sponsorship, it has a long way to go. One vocal opponent of the bill is Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
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