When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine held a press conference earlier this month to say the death penalty should be abolished in the state, the news bulletin landed with a thud.
With six months left before the 79-year-old walks off into the sunset, the impact of his belated call to action on capital punishment is negligible. He knows it.
Persuading right-wing supermajorities in the Ohio Statehouse to end the death penalty or, failing that, getting a statewide public vote on the issue anytime soon is a nonstarter…