When 88% of the scheduled executions have documented evidence of intellectual disability, horrific childhood abuse and mental illness, there is no defensible position that we’re getting the death penalty system right in Ohio.
Inmate condemned in Ohio prison riot murders seeks review
Forty-eight-year-old Keith LaMar’s latest legal push plays off the court’s ruling last year finding Florida’s death penalty scheme unconstitutional, saying it gave judges too much power and juries not enough to decide capital cases.
Condemned Ohio killer of 2 wants September execution delayed
In federal court, Otte’s attorneys argue that the state hasn’t shown it can ensure inmates are rendered so deeply unconscious during lethal injection that they won’t suffer serious pain.