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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 2, 2011 18:59:36 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 2, 2011 19:14:22 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 2, 2011 19:21:42 GMT -5
US Supreme Court reinstates Ohio death sentence The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence of a Cleveland-area man who fatally shot a neighbor and a police sergeant in 1994. The court's Monday ruling reverses a decision last year by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, which had said jurors were improperly instructed to rule out the death penalty before considering a prison sentence for Harry Mitts. Mitts killed John Bryant at the apartment complex where they lived, then killed Garfield Heights Sgt. Dennis Glivar when police responded to the shooting. Attorney Jeffry Kelleher says the 58-year-old Mitts' will now seek clemency from Gov. John Kasich. He says the decision was not surprising following a similar ruling in another Ohio case last year. More; www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/ohio-news/us-supreme-court-reinstates-ohio-death-sentence-1150814.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Oct 28, 2011 18:31:07 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 30, 2012 1:50:47 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 20, 2013 4:23:31 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 27, 2013 22:51:46 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 27, 2013 22:54:47 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 27, 2013 22:56:27 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 27, 2013 23:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 17, 2013 19:44:11 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 18, 2013 21:57:04 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 19, 2013 20:43:08 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 23, 2013 21:36:36 GMT -5
Family of victim gave killer Bible for comfort If Ohio executes Harry Mitts Jr. on Wednesday as scheduled, the condemned man will leave behind a tattered, worn Bible he received in 1994 from an unlikely source. Mitts said his eyes filled with tears and he nearly collapsed when he learned that the Bible, inscribed with his name, was a gift from the mother and sister of Sgt. Dennis Glivar, the 44-year-old Garfield Heights police officer he had killed about three months earlier. Though Mitts had not thought about religion for most of his life, the gift helped point him toward Christianity, said Jeff Kelleher, his attorney. “It affected him deeply.” Mitts received the Bible through a jail chaplain on the day his death sentence was handed down in Cuyahoga County in 1994. He also received a letter from Glivar’s sister, Cheryl Janoviak, telling him that she and her mother had forgiven him. More; www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/09/23/family-of-victim-gave-killer-bible-for-comfort.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 23, 2013 23:16:09 GMT -5
Crosspost Ohio prison suicides not limited to mentally ill Excerpt; "In the wake of the other two suicides, Smith said a condemned killer scheduled to die Wednesday for killing two men during a 1994 shooting spree has been placed under constant surveillance well ahead of schedule to avert potential suicide. Harry Mitts Jr. has been constantly monitored since last Wednesday, a full week before his scheduled execution. Policy calls for a suicide watch to begin 72 hours in advance. One staff member watches him at all times, Smith said. Mitts received the death penalty in the killings of John Bryant and Garfield Heights Police Sgt. Dennis Glivar. His legal appeals are exhausted and Gov. John Kasich has denied mercy." More; www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ohio-prison-suicides-not-limited-to-mentally-ill-4836317.php |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 24, 2013 21:33:36 GMT -5
Ohio moves condemned inmate Mitts to Lucasville death house before scheduled lethal injection A white gunman sentenced to die for killing a black man and a police officer during a 1994 Ohio shooting rampage has been moved to the state's death house ahead of his scheduled execution, the last before the state's execution drug expires. Sixty-one-year-old Harry Mitts Jr. arrived at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville on Tuesday. He's scheduled to die Wednesday. More; www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/0035b491e64f4be59a370cfac89bd9f2/OH--Death-Penalty-Ohio/#.UkJK3NKshQY |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 24, 2013 21:34:24 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 24, 2013 21:36:55 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 25, 2013 9:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 25, 2013 9:22:17 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 25, 2013 10:05:48 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 25, 2013 10:26:49 GMT -5
Ohio Uses Execution Drug, for Last Time, on Killer A white gunman who spewed racial slurs before fatally shooting a black man and a police officer in a 1994 rampage that prosecutors called one of the worst Ohio has seen was executed Wednesday with the state's last use of its execution drug. Harry Mitts Jr. asked the families of his victims to forgive him, saying he had carried the burden of his crimes with him for 19 years. "I had no business doing what I did," he said in a last statement to six witnesses representing his victims. Two clergy members and a friend were also in attendance. Mitts Jr., 61, was pronounced dead at 10:39 a.m. by lethal injection of the powerful sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Lucasville after years of acknowledging his crimes and repenting. The state's supply of pentobarbital is expiring, and a new execution method will be announced later. More; abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ohioan-shot-black-man-officer-nears-execution-20365405 |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 25, 2013 23:09:22 GMT -5
Harry Mitts Jr. executed by lethal injection this morning at Lucasville, following 20 years in prison Garfield Heights killer Harry Mitts Jr. was executed Wednesday after spending nearly two decades on death row for gunning down his neighbor and a police officer. A lethal injection stopped Mitts' heart at 10:39 a.m. Mitts, 61, was sentenced to death in November 1994 after a full-bore firefight at his apartment complex that left neighbor John Bryant and Garfield Heights Police Sgt. Dennis Glivar dead. Mitts used his last words to ask for forgiveness and encourage the victims' families to find salvation in Jesus Christ. "I'm so sorry for taking your loved ones' lives," Mitts said with tears in his eyes. "I had no business doing what I did and I've been carrying that burden with me for 19 years. "Please don't carry that hatred for me with you in your hearts." Mitts' lethal injection lasted nearly 35 minutes. At 10:05 a.m., corrections officers walked a calm Mitts into the death chamber, where he was strapped to a steel bed and hooked up to lines that would deliver deadly chemicals. After his final words, Mitts stared at the ceiling while authorities in another room delivered the injection. Mitts closed his eyes and took increasingly labored breaths. About a minute later, he began to snore. The snoring soon stopped and Mitts' breathing gradually slowed. His face turned blue by the time he took his last peaceful gasp. Mitts is the last person to be put to death in Ohio using the drug pentobarbital. The state's supply of pentobarbital was expected to run out with Mitts' executions today. Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will announce by Oct. 4 how it will respond, according to spokeswoman Ricky Seyfang. Witnesses, including retired Garfield Heights Police Lt.Tom Kaiser, who was Glivar's partner at the time and was shot twice during Mitts' storm of gunfire, joined others in watching the condemned murderer die at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Victim witnesses included Bryant's sister, Glivar's widow and mother, and Garfield Heights Police Chief Robert Sackett. "I know its wrong, but I still have hatred for him," said Bryant's sister Johnnal after the execution. Glivar's widow Debbie said she would never forgive Mitts. Mitts' friend Gary Hopkins joined ministers Edward Jenkins and Lucian Piaskowiak on the inmate's side of the witness room. All of the witnesses watched in silence as Mitts slipped away. More; www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/09/harry_mitts_jr_executed.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 25, 2013 23:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 25, 2013 23:23:35 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 29, 2013 10:36:08 GMT -5
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