DeWine says Ohio should end executions

Driving the news: "I no longer believe the death penalty is a deterrent to murder," DeWine told reporters.

Catch up quick: The governor has continually postponed executions since taking office, citing the state's inability to obtain lethal injection drugs.

• Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018.

By the numbers: More than 100 inmates remain on Ohio's death row, with average wait times exceeding two decades. Some execution dates now stretch as far as 2029.

The other side: Former Attorney General Dave Yost has argued the effective moratorium has made "a mockery of the justice system" and is failing victims' families.

• "For the worst-of-the-worst killers, Ohio is wandering in a wilderness of lawlessness and desert of justice," Yost wrote in his final capital crimes report in April.

Reality check: House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) has said he would "vigorously oppose" abolishing the death penalty, and Republican lawmakers have shown little interest in advancing bipartisan legislation to repeal it.

What's next: DeWine said he expects no executions to occur during the remainder of his term, which ends in January.