COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Three death row inmates have had their dates of execution rescheduled by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
DeWine issued reprieves for the following inmates:
- Percy Hutton was scheduled to be executed on June 18; new date of execution has been moved to June 21, 2028. Hutton was sentenced to death for the 1985 killing of Derek Mitchell.
- Samuel Moreland was scheduled to be executed on July 30; new date of execution has been moved to July 19, 2028. Moreland was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend Glenna Green; her daughter Lana Green; and three children, Daytrin Talbott, Datwan Talbott, and Violana Green, in 1985.
- Douglas Coley was scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24; new date of execution has been moved to August 15, 2028. Coley was sentence to death for the carjacking and killing of Samar El-Okdi in 1997.
According to DeWine’s office, the reprieves were issued due to “ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), pursuant to DRC protocol, without endangering other Ohioans.”
As of December 2024, there were 114 death row inmates in the state, according to the DRC.
Since taking office in 2019, DeWine has not permitted a single execution.
The reprieves come amid renewed calls to abolish the death penalty from both sides of the aisle in the Ohio Statehouse.