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Executions Get Go-Ahead, but Obsticles Still Remain

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That's the title of a report in Saturday's Columbus (OH) Dispatch.  LINKAfter more than a year of inactivity, the Death House at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility has been cleared to gear up for its grim activities once again. Ohio now has five convicted killers awaiting execution dates. The latest is Jeffrey D. Hill, 44, a Hamilton County man who stabbed his 61-year-old mother to death and stole her money to buy crack cocaine. Also on the list: Gregory L. Bey, 52, of Lucas County; Kenneth Biros, 50, of Trumbull County; Richard Wade Cooey III, 41, of Summit County, and Jerome Henderson, 49, of Hamilton County. The Ohio Supreme Court, which sets dates for executions, has not yet acted on any of the cases requested by county prosecutors...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 07, 2008 (boomark / email).