COLUMBUS, OH – A new report from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost reveals that the state’s capital punishment system remains mired in a stalemate, with no executions carried out in over six years and little progress made in addressing the ongoing issues.
Ross County’s Lawrence Landrum, 55, has been on death row since 1986 after being convicted of murdering Harold White during the course of burglarizing White’s home. His execution had been slated ever since. Lawrence his housed in Ross County Correctional not to far from where he murdered.
The “2024 Capital Crimes Report,” released today, details the procedural history of death penalty cases in Ohio since 1981. According to the report, of the 342 death sentences handed down, only 56 have been carried out, with the last execution taking place in July 2018. Currently, 116 inmates remain on Ohio’s Death Row, facing a combined 118 death sentences…