Ohio
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- APRIL 26, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
Alton Coleman, 46, who was sentenced to death in 3...
Alton Coleman, 46, who was sentenced to death in 3 states for a 1984 crime spree, was executed by injection
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
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John W
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel imposed the death sentence on Stanley...
A three-judge panel imposed the death sentence on Stanley Fitzpatrick, 34, for the June 2001 killing of Doreatha Hayes, and her 12-year-old daughter, Shenay
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new...
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new trial for James Were, 44, sentenced to death for strangling Robert Vallandingham, a guard held hostage during a 1993 11-day riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
- DECEMBER 17, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Common Pleas Judge Neal Bronson threw out a jury's...
Common Pleas Judge Neal Bronson threw out a jury's recommendation of death for twice-convicted killer Timothy Hancock after he discovered that they had viewed potentially inflammatory exhibits in deciding the inmate's fate
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Ohio's electric chair, which has sat unused since 1963,...
Ohio's electric chair, which has sat unused since 1963, was idled permanently when the Senate voted 26-3 to abolish electrocution as a means of execution
- OCTOBER 30, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Terrorists whose acts kill Ohioans could face the death...
Terrorists whose acts kill Ohioans could face the death penalty under a bill endorsed Tuesday by Gov
- OCTOBER 9, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court extended Ohio...
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court extended Ohio inmate John Byrd Jr
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Condemned now can speak last words - Ohio had restricted...
Condemned now can speak last words - Ohio had restricted it to writing
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court postponed until Sept
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court postponed until Sept
- AUGUST 21, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
The state will move executions to earlier in the day...
The state will move executions to earlier in the day to lower costs and improve convenience
- JULY 18, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department...
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, said that the state should execute condemned inmates by lethal injection only and retire the electric chair because malfunctions could prove too stressful for prison staffers