Mike DeWine reverses position on capital punishment: ‘Abolish the death penalty’

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Mike DeWine (R-OH) called Tuesday for abolishing the death penalty in the Buckeye State, abandoning a position he held for decades and distancing himself from a law he helped write more than 40 years ago.

“The moral justification I had no longer exists,” DeWine told reporters during a Tuesday news conference with less than […] ...