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State ready to execute Ohio man for double murder

The attorney for an Ohio death-row inmate set for execution says the condemned man is sorry for killing two strangers 23 years ago and wants to give their families justice.

 

486-Pound Death Row Inmate Too Fat to Execute?

Attorneys for a 486-pound Ohio death row inmate claim that the execution procedure "simply will not work" on their client and will cause him a "torturous and lingering death." Ronald Post, 53, was sentenced to death in 1985 for the shooting death of Helen Vantz, a desk clerk at a motel in Elyria, Ohio.

 

Ohio execution halted; injection flaws cited

A federal appeals court on Monday halted the execution of an inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection attempt.

 

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