Ohio death penalty

State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are supporting a bill to do away with Ohio's death penalty and this time, it has more backing from conservative Republican lawmakers.

The latest Ohio Crime Report says the death penalty is costing the state millions of dollars because the law is on the books but there haven't been any executions since 2018.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R- Lima) said he’s opposed but won't stand in the way of supporters to abolish the death penalty.

They've been trying to do it for years, but with bipartisan backing, Ohio lawmakers who supporting repealing the death penalty think it may happen this time.

Gov. Mike DeWine says there won’t be any executions in Ohio in the near future. DeWine told reporters at an Ohio Associated Press event that a federal…