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Governor delays execution over lethal injection concerns

(The Columbus Dispatch © 7/21/2011)

Gov. John Kasich today postponed the scheduled execution of convicted killer Brett Hartman of Summit County, citing a federal judge's ruling in another case questioning the state's lethal injection procedure.

Ruling halts Ohio executions

(The Columbus Dispatch © 7/14/2011)

Ohio executions are on hold while state prison officials adjust lethal-injection procedures that a federal judge termed haphazard.

Convicted killer pleads for clemency

(Ohio.com © 7/13/2011)

The Ohio Parole Board heard competing arguments Tuesday over whether to recommend clemency for condemned Akron murderer Brett Hartmann.

States: Death-penalty drug scramble, higher cost

(Businessweek.com © 7/9/2011)

States not only are having an increasingly difficult time getting the injectable drugs to carry out death sentences, they're also paying as much as 10 times more for the chemicals as in years past.

 


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Execution Schedule

NameRomell Broom
RaceB
County:  Cuyahoga
Scheduled Execution: Temporary Reprieve Granted

NameKenneth Smith
RaceW
County:  Butler
Scheduled Execution:  Temporary Reprieve Granted

NameCharles Lorraine
RaceW
County:  Trumbull
Scheduled Execution:  January 18, 2012

NameMichael Webb
RaceW
County:  Clermont
Scheduled Execution:  February 22, 2012

NameMark Wiles
RaceW
County:  Portage
Scheduled Execution:  April 18, 2012

NameAbdul Awkal
RaceO
County:  Cuyahoga
Scheduled Execution:  June 6, 2012

NameJohn Jeffrey Eley
RaceB
County:  Mahoning
Scheduled Execution:  July 26, 2012

NameDonald L. Palmer, Jr.
RaceW
County:  Belmont
Scheduled Execution:  September 20, 2012

NameBrett Hartman
RaceW
County:  Summit
Scheduled Execution:  November 13, 2012

NameRonald R. Post
RaceW
County:  Lorain
Scheduled Execution:  January 16, 2013

NameFrederick Treesh
RaceW
County:  Lake
Scheduled Execution:  March 6, 2013

NameSteven T. Smith
RaceW
County:  Richland
Scheduled Execution:  May 1, 2013

NameBilly Slagle
RaceNA
County:  Cuyahoga
Scheduled Execution:  August 7, 2013

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