As director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction from 1991 to 2006, Reginald Wilkinson carried out 20 executions. Despite opposing the death penalty personally, he endured the task in order to achieve his greater mission of helping inmates become better citizens upon their release.

<p>As director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction from 1991 to 2006, Reginald Wilkinson carried out 20 executions. Despite opposing the death penalty personally, he endured the task in order to achieve his greater mission of helping inmates become better citizens upon their release.</p>

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I Took A Life: Former Prison Director Reginald Wilkinson

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