Gov. Mike DeWine has issued a three-year reprieve on the execution of Danny Lee Hill, who was convicted in the 1985 rape and murder of 12-year-old Raymond Fife of Warren.

A news release from DeWine’s office states Hill, who was scheduled to be executed on July 22, has a new execution date of July 18, 2029.

DeWine issued the reprieve, along with two others, because of the 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, the release states.

The other two reprieves were given to Gerald Hand, who was set for execution on June 17 and now has a new date of April 18, 2029, and Cleveland R. Jackson, who was set for execution on July 15 and now has a new execution date of June 13, 2029.

Hand was convicted in 2003 of the murders of his fourth wife and a friend who prosecutors said helped him kill two previous wives near Columbus. Jackson was convicted along with his half-brother Jeronique Cunningham of shooting and killing 17-year-old Leneshia Williams and 3-year-old Jayla Grant at an apartment in Lima in 2002. Eight people were shot during that robbery attempt. Cunningham is serving a sentence of life in prison, while Jackson was given the death penalty.

Timothy Combs, Hill’s accomplice in the rape, torture and murder of Raymond, died in prison in November 2018.

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