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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| With yesterday's execution over, nearly a dozen inmates are set to die in the next few months. |
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By Bill Cohen - April 19, 2012 |
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Now that Ohio has executed a convicted murderer after a six month lull in executions, the state faces a full schedule of lethal injections over the next 20 months. The scheduled executions of Mark Wiles and others on death row were initially postponed by federal judge Gregory Frost. He said Ohio’s execution team had failed to follow its own protocol in earlier executions. Later, the judge relented and allowed Wiles’ lethal injection to take place yesterday. Now, a spokeswoman for the state corrections department, JoEllen Smith, says many more executions are scheduled. She talked with statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen. |
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JoEllen Smith with Bill Cohen (:31) 
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| During Wednesday’s lethal injection of Mark Wiles, Ohio’s execution team took special steps to make sure the execution protocol was being followed. The upcoming eleven executions on the schedule are being spaced out at least 45 days apart to give the team and administrators time to focus on each one. |
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