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Top Ohio lawmakers have been talking about the state dropping the death penalty as a sentencing option. Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder said that the state should reconsider capital punishment after Governor Mike DeWine pushed back three more executions a couple of weeks ago because they don't have the drugs to perform them. Law experts say the discussion is more of a practical argument of not being able to do executions in the state, instead of if the practice is an effective deterrent or effective retribution to the crime of murder than life in prison.