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Inmate Who Survived Execution Attempt Dies

Inmate Survives
Death Chamber, Dies
of Suspected COVID

Dec 30, 2020 4:30 AM CST

Inmate Survives Death Chamber, Dies of Suspected COVID

Romell Broom was on 'COVID probable' list

(Newser) - An Ohio death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2009 died Monday of possible complications of COVID-19, the state prisons system said. At the time of the 2009 procedure, condemned prisoner Romell Broom was only the second inmate nationally to survive an execution...

SCOTUS Will Let Ohio
Execute This Man 'Again'

Dec 12, 2016 12:09 PM CST

SCOTUS Will Let Ohio Execute This Man 'Again'

Supreme Court declined to hear Romell Broom's challenge

(Newser) - Ohio tried and failed once to execute Romell Broom, and the Supreme Court won't stand in the way of the state as it tries again. NBC News reports the justices on Monday declined to hear Broom's challenge, which came after the state's Supreme Court in March rejected...

Ohio Gets a 'Do-Over' in Inmate's Execution

Ohio Tried, Failed to Execute This Man, Gets to Try Again

Mar 16, 2016 9:48 AM CDT

Ohio Tried, Failed to Execute This Man, Gets to Try Again

Romell Broom survived botched attempt in 2009

(Newser) - Ohio tried and failed once to execute Romell Broom, and now a court has given the state permission to try again. The state's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Broom's argument that a second attempt would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of double jeopardy, reports...

Failed Execution Cited in Stay for Another Man

Oct 5, 2009 10:55 AM CDT

Failed Execution Cited in Stay for Another Man

Judge: halted lethal injection raises issues about Ohio protocol

(Newser) - A federal appeals court today halted the execution of an Ohio inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection foiled another man's execution. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to grant a stay to 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr., who had been sentenced to die for strangling...

Ohio Con Wins Week Break After Botched Execution

Sep 16, 2009 1:21 AM CDT

Ohio Con Wins Week Break After Botched Execution

Executioners struggled to find vein for 2 hours

(Newser) - An Ohio death row inmate was given a week-long reprieve by the governor yesterday after the execution team couldn't find a usable vein in over 2 hours of trying at his planned execution, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . Romell Broom, convicted of raping and killing a teen girl in...