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DeWine Weighs Commuting Noling’s Death Sentence to Parole

8/25/2026

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Governor Mike DeWine received a recommendation to commute Tyrone Noling’s death sentence to life with parole after Jan. 1, 2029.
Five of eight parole board members supported commutation, one favored a full pardon, and two opposed any action.
Governor DeWine, who co-sponsored Ohio’s 1981 death-penalty reinstatement, now supports abolishing it.
Assistant prosecutors and an assistant attorney general argued Noling was the triggerman and urged against clemency.

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Governor Mike DeWine received a recommendation to commute Tyrone Noling’s death sentence to life with parole after Jan. 1, 2029.
Five of eight parole board members supported commutation, one favored a full pardon, and two opposed any action.
Governor DeWine, who co-sponsored Ohio’s 1981 death-penalty reinstatement, now supports abolishing it.
Assistant prosecutors and an assistant attorney general argued Noling was the triggerman and urged against clemency.