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Ohio on pace for execution state record Single-drug injection used for third time

Monday, February 8, 2010By Andrew Welsh-Huggins | ASSOCIATED PRESSLUCASVILLE, Ohio | After a relative lull in the number of executions Ohiocarries out annually, it appears poised to sharply increase lethal injectionsin the months to come, possibly setting a state record for the most in a year.The state executed condemned killer Mark Brown on Thursday, the thirdexecution in as many months and one of nine scheduled for this year.In addition, prosecutors have asked the Ohio Supreme Court, which schedulesexecutions, to set dates for five additional death row inmates.Ohio put seven people to death in 2004, a record for the state and second inthe nation behind Texas, and executed four last year. It executed two peoplein each of the two previous years...continue to full post

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