Ohio's Death Row and Executions, 1982-2012

Ohio and Death Row

Like many states, Ohio is trying to reduce the number of inmates on its Death Row. Here's a look at Ohio's history with Death Row and executions since 1981, when Ohio's current capital punishment statue went into effect.

Ohio counties and death sentences

Click on counties below to view the number of death sentences handed down from 1982-2012 and where they stand. Darker colors indicate more death sentences.

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Ohio's scheduled executions
Name	County	Scheduled Execution	Convicted of …
Ronald Post	Lorain	Jan. 16, 2013	Shooting Helen Vantz, 53, in the back of the head as she worked at the Slumber Inn an Elyria and stealing various items in 1983.
Frederick Treesh	Lake	March 6, 2013	Murdering security guard Henry Dupree, 58, and clerk Louis Lauver, 42, at a Cleveland adult bookstore during a robbery attempt in 1994.
Steven T. Smith	Richland	May 1, 2013	Raping and killing his girlfriend's 6-month-old daughter in 1998.
Billy Slagle	Cuyahoga	August 7, 2013	Stabbing to death his neighbor, Mari Anne Pope, 40, while two children witnessed the attack and escaped in 1987.
Harry Mitts, Jr.	Cuyahoga	September 25, 2013	Shooting and killing a neighbor, 28-year-old John Bryant, and then killing two police officers responding to the incident in 1994.
Ronald R. Phillips	Summit	November 14, 2013	Beating and killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter, whom he had also been sexually abusing, in 1993.
Dennis McGuire	Preble	January 16, 2014	Raping and murdering Joy Stewart, 22, a pregnant woman from Bantas Creek, whom he met while doing work on a friend's house in 1989.
Gregory Lott	Cuyahoga	March 19, 2014	Breaking into the home of John McGrath, 82, covering him in lamp oil and setting him on fire, which led to his death in 1986.
Wayne Powell	Lucas	May 7, 2014	Murdering an ex-girlfriend, her mother, her 4-year-old son and her 2-year-old niece by setting a house on fire in 2006.
Arthur Tyler	Cuyahoga	May 28, 2014	Killing Sander Leach, 74, who sold produce from his van, during a robbery attempt with an accomplice in 1983.
William Montgomery	Lucas	August 6, 2014	Murdering roommates Debra Ogle, 20, and Cynthia Tincher, 19, during separate incidents on the same night in 1986.
Raymond Tibbetts	Hamilton	October 15, 2014	Murdering his wife and a 67-year-old man for whom his wife was a caretaker and with whom they both lived in 1997.
Warren K. Henness	Franklin	January 7, 2015	Robbing and killing Richard Myers, 51, who was trying to help Henness find drug counseling and treatment for his wife in 1992.
Phillip L. Jones	Summit	March 11, 2015	Raping and strangling Susan Marie Christian-Yates, 33, in an Akron cemetery in 2007.

-- Kyle Nagel, staff writer