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Ohio Death Chamber
In the past decade, Ohio’s Death Row has shrunk by one-third, from 209 to 139.
But a new state report shows that the courts continue to sentence people to death at the same time the process of lethal injection is mired in legal controversy.
The 2013 Capital Crimes Report issued yesterday by Attorney General Mike DeWine says 12 executions are scheduled in the next two years, with four more awaiting the setting of death dates. Among those scheduled are three from Franklin County: Warren Henness (Jan. 7), Alva Campbell (July 7, 2015), and Kareem Jackson (Jan. 21, 2016).
Ohio has carried out 54 executions since 1999, including three last year, the same as in 2012.
The annual status report on capital punishment in Ohio, which covers calendar year 2013, does not mention the problems during the Jan. 16, 2014, execution of Dennis McGuire when he gasped, choked and struggled for more than 10 minutes before succumbing to a two-drug combination never before used in a U.S. execution.
Source: The Columbus Dispatch, April 2, 2014

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