COLUMBUS, OH - On Friday, June 20th, Governor Mike DeWine announced that he has delayed the execution of three men currently on death row in the state of Ohio, including Quisi Bryan who was convicted of killing a Cleveland patrol officer in 2000.
Bryan along with Timothy Coleman and Kareem Jackson, who also are on death row for being convicted of murder, had each been scheduled for execution by lethal injection in the coming months, Cleveland.com reported. In a press release from DeWine's office, all three have had their execution dates moved back to 2028.
These are the latest in a series of execution delays ordered by DeWine since he took office in 2019. The governor has cited ongoing issues with the state's ability to obtain lethal injection drugs as the main reason for the delays. DeWine has vowed that no executions will take place while he is in office unless lawmakers alter state law to permit alternative forms of execution, which has yet to happen.
Bryan was found guilty of fatally shooting Cleveland Patrolman Wayne Leon in the face on June 25, 2000, after Leon pulled him over in the city's Central neighborhood. Bryan is also serving time for four separate sexual assault cases that took place before he was arrested for Leon's murder.
Bryan already had his execution date pushed back once by DeWine. He was scheduled to be executed on January 7, 2026. After DeWine's latest announcement, Bryan is now scheduled to be executed on November 15, 2028.
Coleman was convicted of shooting a confidential informant for the Springfield Police Department in 1996. His original execution date was October 30, 2025. His execution date has been rescheduled for September 13, 2028. Jackson was sentenced to death for murdering two people execution-style during a 1997 drug robbery in Columbus.
The latest delay, which moves his execution date from December 10, 2025 to October 11, 2028, is the fifth time his execution date has been postponed by DeWine.
The last time the state of Ohio executed an inmate on death row was in July of 2018. Ohio has cited issues with acquiring lethal-injection drugs, as pharmaceutical companies have increasingly been unwilling to sell drugs to be used in executions on moral and legal grounds.
DeWine has strongly suggested that he opposes the death penalty and told reporters that he will make an annoucement about capital punishment in Ohio after he signs the new state budget bill into law, which is expected to happen before the end of June.
He has repeatedly expressed concern that if drug manufacturers find that Ohio used their products to put people to death, they will stop selling any drugs (not just the ones used in executions) to the state. That would endanger the ability of thousands of Ohioans, such as Medicaid recipients, state troopers, and prison inmates to get drugs through state programs.
Bryan along with Timothy Coleman and Kareem Jackson, who also are on death row for being convicted of murder, had each been scheduled for execution by lethal injection in the coming months, Cleveland.com reported. In a press release from DeWine's office, all three have had their execution dates moved back to 2028.
These are the latest in a series of execution delays ordered by DeWine since he took office in 2019. The governor has cited ongoing issues with the state's ability to obtain lethal injection drugs as the main reason for the delays. DeWine has vowed that no executions will take place while he is in office unless lawmakers alter state law to permit alternative forms of execution, which has yet to happen.
Bryan was found guilty of fatally shooting Cleveland Patrolman Wayne Leon in the face on June 25, 2000, after Leon pulled him over in the city's Central neighborhood. Bryan is also serving time for four separate sexual assault cases that took place before he was arrested for Leon's murder.
Bryan already had his execution date pushed back once by DeWine. He was scheduled to be executed on January 7, 2026. After DeWine's latest announcement, Bryan is now scheduled to be executed on November 15, 2028.
Coleman was convicted of shooting a confidential informant for the Springfield Police Department in 1996. His original execution date was October 30, 2025. His execution date has been rescheduled for September 13, 2028. Jackson was sentenced to death for murdering two people execution-style during a 1997 drug robbery in Columbus.
The latest delay, which moves his execution date from December 10, 2025 to October 11, 2028, is the fifth time his execution date has been postponed by DeWine.
The last time the state of Ohio executed an inmate on death row was in July of 2018. Ohio has cited issues with acquiring lethal-injection drugs, as pharmaceutical companies have increasingly been unwilling to sell drugs to be used in executions on moral and legal grounds.
DeWine has strongly suggested that he opposes the death penalty and told reporters that he will make an annoucement about capital punishment in Ohio after he signs the new state budget bill into law, which is expected to happen before the end of June.
He has repeatedly expressed concern that if drug manufacturers find that Ohio used their products to put people to death, they will stop selling any drugs (not just the ones used in executions) to the state. That would endanger the ability of thousands of Ohioans, such as Medicaid recipients, state troopers, and prison inmates to get drugs through state programs.
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