Ohio is preparing to put a condemned killer of two people to death this week as the inmate awaits word on last-minute appeals.
Death row prisoner Gary Otte was sentenced to die for the Feb. 12, 1992, killing of Robert Wasikowski and the Feb. 13, 1992, killing of Sharon Kostura. Both slayings took place in Parma in suburban Cleveland.
The state plans to execute the 45-year-old Otte on Wednesday with a lethal combination of three drugs.
A federal court is considering Otte’s argument that the first drug in the process creates an unconstitutional risk of severe harm.
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