Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

LIMA — A Lima woman with a child-like appearance and demeanor pleaded guilty in Allen County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday to raping a 3-year-old girl in 2024. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors ...

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A man who pleaded guilty in August to using drugs to coerce women into prostitution was sentenced Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to five to six years in prison ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus woman who beat a 4-year-old to death in 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison. Michelle Hilyard, 52, was sentenced to 25 years to life after she was found ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus woman who beat a 4-year-old to death in 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison. Michelle Hilyard, 52, was sentenced to 25 years to life after she was found ...

Michael Mann will be eligible for parole in 132 years after he was handed down a life sentence for multiple sex offenses he committed over two years in Cleveland.

CINCINNATI — The Ohio Justice & Policy Center officially unveiled the revitalization of their women’s project, now officially known as Her Voice, at their annual fundraising event held Wednesday, Sept ...

Mónica Ramírez was inducted into Ohio’s Civil Rights Hall of Fame on Oct. 9 for her decades of advocacy for migrant women and ...