July 8
OHIO:
Man faces retrial in slaying after death penalty overturned
A man accused of raping and killing a female bartender is set to face retrial
after the Ohio Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence.
The News-Herald in Willoughby reports jury selection
Sept. 2
OHIO:
Ohio governor reschedules 19 upcoming executions
Gov. John Kasich has rescheduled executions for 19 condemned killers on Ohio's
death row.
The reprieves granted by Kasich push most executions previously scheduled over
the next several years forward by a few months.
Sept. 30
OHIO:
Cuyhoga County's 2nd death penalty trial this year opens Friday: a look back at
the Warrensville Heights massacre
Opening statements are scheduled to begin Friday for a 21-year-old man charged
with aggravated murder who faces the death penalty in the 2015 massacre at a
March 26
OKLAHOMA:
Michael Portillo inspires Oklahoma to consider execution by nitrogenAs US
states look for alternatives to lethal injection Oklahoma is on the verge of
becoming the 1st to allow for asphyxiating death row inmates
Oklahoma is moving forward with plans to become
Nov. 13
OHIO:
Jury urges death for Sandusky man Curtis Clinton, guilty of killing 3
Jurors are recommending the death penalty for a northern Ohio man convicted in
the deaths of a woman and her 2 young children just over a year ago.
The jury in Sandusky came back with its decision
Dec. 6
OHIO:
Death penalty trial next week for Xenia man
A Xenia man will go on trial in Kentucky starting Monday in an attempt to avoid
the death penalty for his role in a 2005 double homicide.
A Rowan County, Ky., jury on Tuesday night found Ronald Christopher Fairchild,
44,
Sept. 25
OHIO:
YEAR AFTER COMMUTATIONNo future, but it beats death for spared man Joseph
Murphy, 47, was on death row for 24 years.
Joseph Murphy knows he will die in prison. He just doesn???t know when. He's OK
with that. I have accepted the fact I will be here the rest of my
Feb. 8
OHIO:
Victim's Family Helps Keep Killer Off Death Row
A man convicted of raping and killing an 11-year-old girl will not die for
his crime, thanks in part to the girl's family.
Christopher Ballard admitted last month that he sexually assaulted and
beat Tina Dykes to death in
Sept. 21
OHIO:
Attorney challenges death penalty
Another accused killer facing the death penalty if convicted is hoping
that he can convince a Lorain County judge to declare Ohios lethal
injection process unconstitutional.
Jack Bradley, defense attorney for Christopher Birriel-Torres,
Nov. 13
OHIO:
US Supreme Court action gives trooper's killer new sentence hearing
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review an appeals court
decision throwing out the death sentence for the man who shot to death a
state trooper 10 years ago during a traffic stop.
The ruling
September 5
OHIO:
New hope for Richey as retrial plea approved
DEATH row Scot Kenny Richey has been offered new hope in his bid for
freedom.
The 42-year old, who has been on death row in Ohio for nearly 20 years,
has been told a court will hear his pleas for a retrial. The news grants
Dec. 30
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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22 December 2005 Death Penalty
UA 221/05 (Originally issued 24 August 2005 and re-issued 9 September
2005; 1 November 2005; 10 November 2005)
USA/Ohio: John Spirko (m)
John Spirko is scheduled to be executed on 19 January.
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