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OHIO·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 19, 2008·1 MIN READ

USA - Ohio. Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed

USA - Ohio. Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed

Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed this morning. Bryant-Bey, 53, black, was lethally injected at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville. Bryant-Bey was convicted for the stabbing deaths of Dale "Pinky" Pinkelman, 47, white, and Pete Mihas, 61. He was sentenced to death for the Aug. 9, 1992 Pinkelman's murder, but got life in prison for the November’s Mihas killing. Bryant-Bey becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Ohio and the 28th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1999. Bryant-Bey becomes the 34th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1133rd overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
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  • (sources: Associated Press & Rick Halperin, 19/11/2008)