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Kasich reschedules Alva Campbell execution for June 2019
Ohio governor John Kasich rescheduled the execution for June 5, 2019.
Columbus killer’s execution called off
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.
Ohio transfers sick inmate to death house ahead of execution
Campbell arrived at the death house at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility at 9:59 a.m. Tuesday in Lucasville, about 85 miles south of Columbus. He is set to die by injection Wednesday.
Ohio ready to move sick inmate ahead of execution
Ohio was starting final preparations Tuesday for executing a sick inmate who will be provided a wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe as he’s put to death this week.
Ohio inmate getting pillow to help him breathe during execution
The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction plans to provide the pillow for death row prisoner Alva Campbell on Wednesday because of breathing issues he could experience while lying flat.
Ohio governor won’t spare the life of seriously ill inmate
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Thursday rejected a request for mercy from a condemned inmate who argues he had such a bad childhood and is in such poor health he should be spared from execution next month