The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday reaffirmed the death sentence for the only woman on death row in the state. Roberts, 73, is the only woman on death row in Ohio and is incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville.
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Court schedules 2nd execution attempt for Ohio killer
The Ohio Supreme Court has set a new execution date for a convicted killer who survived a botched execution attempt in 2009.The court last week scheduled the lethal procedure for death row inmate Romell Broom for June 17, 2020.
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Inmates already on death row may appeal a lower court’s decision rejecting access to DNA testing of evidence directly to the Ohio Supreme Court under a new rule adopted today. The move follows the Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision in December that struck down as unconstitutional part of a state law restricting such appeals in cases involving those already convicted of murder and sentenced to death.