Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Grants Additional Reprieves to Death Row Inmates
Joe Lyons •
October 13, 2023
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following reprieves of execution:
Greg Lott, who was scheduled to be executed on February 15, 2024. The new date of execution has been moved to April 14, 2027.
According to My Crime Library
Gregory Lott was sentenced to death by the State of Ohio for a brutal murder. According to court documents Gregory Lott would tie up the victim, 82 year old John McGrath, doused him with lamp oil and set him on fire. Gregory Lott would steal a number of possessions from the home including the victim’s car. The victim would be found alive however he would die from his injuries later on. Read more at
John Stojetz, who was scheduled to be executed on March 14, 2024. The new date of execution has been moved to May 19, 2027.
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Death row inmate John Stojetz (STOH’-yets), who is white, was convicted of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Damico Watkins, who was black, at Madison Correctional Institution on April 25, 1996, in what authorities called a race-related slaying. Read more at My Crime Library
Archie Dixon, who was scheduled to be executed on April 17, 2024. The new date of execution has been moved to June 16, 2027.
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Archie Dixon is facing execution for killing his roommate, Christopher Hammer. Dixon beat and buried Hammer alive more than 15 years ago in 1993.
Archie Dixon was sentenced to death by the State of Ohio for the murder of his roommate. According to court documents Archie Dixon and Timothy Hoffner would kidnap their roommate Christopher Hammer who was brought to a forested area and buried alive. Archie Dixon and Timothy Hoffner would take money from the victims bank account along with his personal identification. Read more at My Crime Library
Governor DeWine is attributing this reprieve 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.