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Post by thinkinkmesa on Apr 15, 2011 0:14:43 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Apr 15, 2011 0:22:31 GMT -5
Ohio Parole Board: No Clemency For Hamilton County Man The Ohio Parole Board is recommending Governor John Kasich deny clemency for a convicted killer from Hamilton county scheduled to be executed next month. In a 9-0 ruling released Wednesday morning, the Board said Daniel Lee Bedford stalked his ex-girlfriend Gwen Toepfert and her current boyfriend Johnny Smith before killing them outside Toepfert's apartment in 1984. The board also said Bedford knew from difference between right and wrong and that he does not appear to be suffering from severe dementia, as he has claimed. www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1788668/WOSU.News/Ohio.Parole.Board.No.Clemency.For.Hamilton.County.Man |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 10, 2011 11:26:34 GMT -5
Death row inmate sues to halt execution Attorneys for Daniel Bedford, scheduled to be executed May 17 for two 1984 murders, want to save his life and took a rare step Monday to try to do that. In a Hamilton County first, they filed a civil lawsuit seeking to halt his execution, alleging Bedford is "insane" and unable to understand why he is to be put to death, making an execution under those circumstances unconstitutional. "It's unusual," admitted Alphonse Gerhardstein, Bedford's Cincinnati attorney, said of filing a civil suit to try to stop an execution. More;news.cincinnati.com/article/20110509/NEWS010702/105100310/Inmate-alleges-insanity-halt-execution?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 11, 2011 23:01:35 GMT -5
Ohio Court: No Execution Delay On Insanity Claim The Ohio Supreme Court won't delay next week's lethal injection of a condemned inmate who wants time to argue he can't be put to death under state and federal laws that prevent the execution of the insane. More;www.toledoonthemove.com/news/story.aspx?id=616709 |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 13, 2011 14:05:13 GMT -5
Judge denies unique attempt to stop execution Saying 27 years on death row without being executed was generous, a Hamilton County judge Friday rejected a unique attempt to spare Daniel Bedford from his scheduled Tuesday execution. More; news.cincinnati.com/article/20110513/NEWS010702/105140312/ |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 16, 2011 12:14:03 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 16, 2011 14:28:47 GMT -5
Brain-damaged man to be executed using Lundbeck’s neurological treatment drugs A man with grave neurological disorders is scheduled to be executed tomorrow [Tuesday] with drugs that should be used to treat him. Ohio is set to execute 63 year-old Danny Lee Bedford - who suffers from seizures, strokes and brain trauma - using a massive overdose of a drug made by Danish firm Lundbeck and originally developed for the treatment of seizures. The range of disorders afflicting Danny severely impairs his neurological functioning. Unable to carry out simple tasks or comprehend and retain information, he has no memory of the crime for which he has been condemned and is incapable of understanding the punishment. Legal action charity Reprieve is asking Lundbeck’s CEO to write urgently to Ohio’s Governor in support of a petition filed by Danny’s lawyers which states that his neurological condition renders him incompetent to be executed. Reprieve is also asking that CEO Ulf Wiinberg uses Lundbeck’s expertise to confirm Bedford’s neurological deficiencies and detail the treatment he should be receiving for them. As leaders in the field of neurology and psychiatry, Lundbeck are well placed to diagnose and prescribe treatment for Danny; and as manufacturers of the drug that Ohio Department of Corrections intend to use to kill him, their contribution to his legal case will be crucial. More;www.reprieve.org.uk/2011_05_16_lundbeck_bedford |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 16, 2011 15:05:34 GMT -5
Federal Court Halts Ohio Execution A federal judge in Ohio is halting the execution of a man who was convicted in the 1984 shootings of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend but says he doesn't remember the slayings. Sixty-three-year-old Daniel Lee Bedford was scheduled to be put to death Tuesday. His attorneys had sought a stay of execution to allow more time for the courts to consider issues they raised. They say Bedford has dementia and a mild mental disability that keep from fully understanding the meaning and purpose of his death sentence. The office of U.S. District Court Judge Algenon L. Marbley said Monday he was granting the request for a stay. A spokeswoman for the Ohio attorney general's office says prosecutors will appeal to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. More; www.local12.com/news/local/story/Federal-Court-Halts-Ohio-Execution/D8rIKxbLOEiMuJSeGBEoZw.cspx?rss=30 |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 16, 2011 15:48:17 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 16, 2011 15:53:02 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 16, 2011 23:25:08 GMT -5
Judge halts Ohio execution; prosecutors appeal Bedford spent Monday playing cards on a bed in his cell and seeing several visitors, including his daughter, a spiritual adviser from the corrections department and a pen pal who has kept in touch with Bedford since 1995. His only request for his special dinner was a 2-liter bottle of Coca-Cola ( KO - news - people ) or something similar. He was slated to get the standard prison dinner, which included tuna salad or vegetarian stir fry, oven-browned potatoes, greens, coleslaw, fruit and bread. More; www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/05/16/general-us-death-penalty-ohio_8469445.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 17, 2011 2:52:58 GMT -5
Ohio man to be executed in '84 shooting deaths Stay of execution lifted for Ohio inmate who says he can't recall 1984 double slaying A last-minute stay of execution was lifted late Monday for a man who was convicted in the 1984 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, and he was scheduled to be put to death Tuesday morning. www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18074171?nclick_check=1 |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 17, 2011 3:02:15 GMT -5
Ruling will let execution proceed A federal appeals court late last night lifted the stay of execution in Daniel Lee Bedford's case, putting the convicted killer from Cincinnati back on schedule to be executed today at 10 a.m. A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the stay ordered earlier in the day by U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley. In response to the 6th Circuit panel's late-night ruling, Bedford's attorneys were preparing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-minute effort to halt the execution. Bedford, 63, had received a temporary reprieve yesterday from Marbley. More; www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/05/16/killers-scheduled-execution-blocked-by-federal-judge.html?sid=101 |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 17, 2011 10:27:26 GMT -5
Supreme Court won't block Ohio execution today The U.S. Supreme Court this morning denied a last-ditch appeal to halt the execution of Daniel Lee Bedford, meaning the Cincinnati killer will die today as scheduled. Family visiting hours had been extended at the Death House, a possible indication his execution might not take place at 10 a.m. as scheduled. Now it appears the execution will occur around 11 this morning. A federal appeals court late last night lifted a stay of execution in the case, but attorneys for the convicted killer from Cincinnati had been awaiting word on a last-minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the stay ordered earlier in the day by U.S. District Court Judge Algenon L. Marbley. More; www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/05/17/ruling-will-let-execution-proceed.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 17, 2011 10:34:21 GMT -5
Man Executed For 1984 Cincinnati Murders A man who was convicted in the 1984 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend was put to death Tuesday morning, hours after a last-minute stay of execution was lifted. The execution went ahead after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a last minute appeal but was delayed half an hour. Daniel Lee Bedford, 63, had said he didn't remember the slayings. His lawyers argued he had dementia and a mild mental disability that keep him from fully understanding the meaning and purpose of his death sentence. But a prison spokesman says Bedford told mental health staff early Tuesday that he understood he would die and was preparing himself. Bedford's attorney says there will be no further appeals. Bedford was declared dead at 11:18 a.m. More; www.local12.com/news/state/story/Man-Executed-For-1984-Cincinnati-Murders/tU7ny7gfkUWx1RYZLK582A.cspx |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 17, 2011 11:35:17 GMT -5
Killer of 2 is executed after 27 years A last-minute flurry of legal appeals did not stop today's execution of double-murderer Daniel Lee Bedford. Bedford, 63, was lethally injected this morning at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville. The time of death was 11:18 a.m. The prison staff appeared to have trouble getting the IV into his left arm. After several attempted sticks with the needle, one of his lawyers, Carol Wright stood up and made at least one phone call from the witness area to a colleague in another part of the prison. "They're clearly having problems," she said, adding at one point "it's a bloody mess." Previous executions have been marred -- one was even postponed -- by multiple attempts to get the needle into a suitable vein. In the 11 minutes it took to insert the IV, Wright was calling out to Bedford through the glass separating the witness area and death chamber. "Are there problems, Dan? Are there problems, Dan?" she kept repeating. He obviously could hear her, and said something in return about the number of times he was being stuck with the IV. Once the line was attached, Bedford told prison authorities he had no last statement so they removed the microphone. But he began talking out loud to his daughter, Michelle Connor, who was watching through the glass. "I love you, 'Shell,' " he said. She called back to him, "I love you, daddy." After the lethal drugs began flowing, his final words were, "Love you all. God bless you." His chest started heaving, his mouth moving with no sound coming out. He then became still until the curtain was pulled and he was declared dead. Three witnesses were on hand for the victims; two brothers, one uncle of his former girlfriend, Gwen Toepfert. One brother held up a framed picture of the young, attractive blonde, pointing it toward Bedford. He was the oldest of 45 men Ohio has put to death since resuming capital punishment in 1999. Earlier this morning the U.S. Supreme Court denied a final appeal to halt Bedford's execution. The uncertainty over court rulings delayed the execution from its scheduled 10 a.m. start. A federal appeals court late last night lifted a stay of execution in the case, prompting attorneys for the convicted killer from Cincinnati to turn to the high court. U.S. District Court Judge Algenon L. Marbley had granted a request to halt the execution filed by Bedford's legal team -- the federal public defender's office and Cincinnati attorney Alphonse Gerhardstein -- to halt the execution. Executing Bedford would be a violation of the state and federal constitutions because of his mental condition, Bedford's attorneys said. Bedford told the prison's mental health staff early today that "he understands he will die and is preparing himself," a prison spokesman said. Bedford participated in a Mass and Communion; spent time talking and laughing with his daughter; and listening to Sam Cook and Conway Twitty, the spokesman said. Bedford received the death penalty for killing Toepfert, 25, and her new boyfriend, John Smith, 27, in their sleep, on April 24, 1984, court records show. While at the Lucasville prison, Bedford declined a special last meal, opting only for a 2-liter bottle of Coke. www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/05/17/bedford-executed.html?sid=101 |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 17, 2011 23:29:16 GMT -5
Audio/ Ohio executes fourth inmate this year Karen Kasler reports Columbus Dispatch reporter Alan Johnson Johnson says Bedford's behavior was surprising www.wksu.org/news/story/28383 |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 18, 2011 13:17:19 GMT -5
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