After prison officials couldn’t find a suitable vein, Alva Campbell’s scheduled execution by lethal injection Tuesday was called off.
US Supreme Court won’t stop Ohio execution of sick inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday afternoon rejecting a request to postpone the execution. Campbell’s attorney’s tried to make the case that he is too sick to be put to death.
Here’s as Crazy a Death Penalty Story as You’ll Find
The state of Ohio could find no way to give Alva Campbell comfort as a child, but, now that he’s dying, the state of Ohio is doing everything it can to make sure he’s comfortable while the state of Ohio is killing him.