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Ohio ready to try again to get condemned killer to death chamber

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AP article, which is headlined "Ohio Tries For 3rd Time To Execute Inmate," Ohio is slated to try again to execute Lawrence Reynolds who was convicted of killing a 67-year-old widow in 1994. Here is why Ohio is having to hope the third time will be the charm: Tuesday's execution would be Ohio's third attempt to execute him. Reynolds was scheduled for execution last week but was found unconscious in his cell and hospitalized. Gov. Ted Strickland postponed his original execution date last fall while the state reviewed its execution method. Since then, Ohio has switched from a three-drug process to a one-drug system. All sides in the death penalty debate agree the single dose is painless, and the first three inmates executed in Ohio with the new method died quickly...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 15, 2010 (boomark / email).