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Three more Ohio execution dates set by state supreme court

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local article, the "Ohio Supreme Court today set three new execution dates, bringing the total scheduled this year to 10."  Here are more of the details: If all 10 are carried out, it would be the most in Ohio since 1949 when 15 men died in the electric chair.  Executions, which are now done by lethal injection, are scheduled monthly through November.  New execution dates were set for: Reginald Brooks, of Cuyahoga County, who murdered his three sons, ages 17, 15 and 11, in their home on March 6, 1982.  Execution date: Nov. 15, 2011. Charles Lorraine, of Trumbull County, who killed an elderly couple in their home on May 6, 1986.  Execution date: Jan. 18, 2012. Michael Webb, of Clermont County, who set the family home on fire, killing his three-year-old son on Nov...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).