Time is running out for Gov. DeWine to take a side on the death penalty

Soon after he took office in 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine imposed a kind of informal moratorium on executions in the Buckeye State. But Ohio’s thoughtful and respected chief executive has yet to say what he thinks about whether the state should abolish capital punishment or whether he will commute the sentence of the 113 people on Ohio’s death row before he leaves office next January.