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Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine.

State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new execution methods.

Victims' families express frustration over the prolonged delays, while death row inmates continue to appeal their sentences.

Proponents and critics agree that Ohio's current death penalty system is broken, albeit for different reasons.

When Miriam Fife remembers the murder of her son 40 years ago, her thoughts turn to her late husband.

Isaac Fife found his 12-year-old son, Raymond, in a Trumbull County field hours after two men raped and choked the young boy, bit his genitals and burned his face. But Isaac didn't want Miriam to see their child that w

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