Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has removed a man from death row for the first time, saving the life of an inmate with intellectual disabilities.
In late May, DeWine commuted Gregory Lott’s death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. No one has been executed under the governor’s leadership, but this is his first death row removal.
A panel of judges convicted then 26-year-old Lott of setting an East Cleveland man on fire during a 1986 burglary. He was sentenced to death…