Longtime death row inmates get reprieves

VW independent staff

COLUMBUS – Citing ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs necessary for lethal injections, Governor Mike DeWine issued three more reprieves of execution:

• Keith LaMar, who was scheduled to be executed on January 13, 2027.  The new date of execution has been moved to January 16, 2030. LaMar has been on death row since 1995.
• Scott Group, who was scheduled to be executed on February 17, 2027.  The new date of execution has been moved to February 13, 2030. Group has been on death row since 1999.
• Davel Chinn, who was scheduled to be executed on March 18, 2027.  The new date of execution has been moved to March 13, 2030. Chinn has been on death row since 1989.

Other states have continued carrying out death sentences via lethel injection, while others have changed methods, including the use of a firing squad or nitrogen gas.

Since DeWine took office in 2019, there have been no executions in Ohio.