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By the numbers: the death penalty in Ohio
5/16/2019
Some facts and figures* from the 2018 Annual Report on Capital Crimes, recently completed by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office:
333
Death sentences issued by juries in Ohio since 1981, including four in 2018
56
People who have been executed, including one in 2018 — Robert Van Hook
21
People who have received commutations
29
People who died before they could be executed
45.9
The average age of an executed inmate
17.2
The average time in years spent on death row
8
People who have been ruled ineligible for the death penalty based on intellectual disability
75
Death sentences that have been removed as a result of judicial actions
142
People who were on death row as of Dec. 31, including 29 with execution dates scheduled
* Time frame is 1981-2018.