COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dave Yost is renewing his push to restart executions in Ohio, calling years of delays a failure of the justice system and a disservice to victims’ families.
The comments came with the release of his eighth and final annual “Capital Crimes” report, which outlines the history and status of every death penalty case in the state since 1981.
“Not a single sentence has been carried out” during his time in office, Yost said, describing the situation as “a mockery of the justice system and of the dead and their families.”…