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Post by thinkinkmesa on Dec 10, 2009 22:29:07 GMT -5
An Ohio judge granted a new delay in the execution of Romell Broom, 53, who was sentenced to death some 25 years ago. Lawyers for Broom appealed for the injunction in the wake of the failed September 15 attempt to execute him, with medical professionals making at least 18 attempts to find a suitable vein in his arms and lower legs, sometimes puncturing muscle and bone, according to the inmate's account of the ordeal. The decision to halt the execution made Broom, convicted in 1984 of raping and murdering a 14-year-old, the first condemned man to leave his execution alive since 1946. Judge Gregory Frost ruled Wednesday that Broom's lawyers would have until January 8, 2010 to file a motion arguing their client should not face a second execution, and granted them an additional 30-day stay of execution from any ruling on that motion. The 30-day delay will give Broom's lawyers more time to appeal if Frost rules Ohio can go ahead with a second execution attempt. "There is a process by which you can test just the legal issues, not the factual issue. It's just the legal question that would be addressed," said Adele Shank, a lawyer for Broom. "If the judge rules in our favour, then there would be an additional hearing on the actual merits for the case," Shank said. Broom was present at the hearing Wednesday, but did not give testimony. In 1946, the US Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana could go ahead with a second execution for a prisoner, after an attempt to execute him by electric chair failed. Shank said the "real damage" inflicted by the failed execution attempt "was the psychological impact of what happened to him." "It's a terrorising thing to have human beings surrounding you trying to take steps to execute you and ... having it go long and go long and keep happening over and over again," she said. Broom's failed execution prompted Ohio to suspend its use of the standard three-cocktail lethal injection used in most US states that practice the death penalty. The protocol was replaced with a single-chemical process, using a large dose of anaesthetic. It was used for the first time this week on Kenneth Biros, 51, who was sentenced to death for killing and dismembering a 22-year-old woman in 1991. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6783463/Ohio-execution-delayed-again.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 31, 2010 16:59:19 GMT -5
Ohio inmate can fight second execution try A federal judge says an Ohio death row inmate who underwent a botched execution attempt can continue to argue that a second try would be unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost in Columbus on Friday denied a motion by the state to dismiss the challenge against another lethal injection attempt on 54-year-old Romell Broom. Broom's execution last year was stopped by the governor after an execution team tried for two hours to find a suitable vein, hitting bone and muscle with several needle sticks. Ohio added a backup method after the attempt that would inject drugs directly into muscle if an IV fails. Frost also says Broom can continue arguing that he should be allowed to communicate with attorneys during any future execution attempt that goes awry. www.wcpo.com/dpp/homepage_showcase/judge%3A-ohio-inmate-can-fight-second-execution-try |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 31, 2010 17:19:06 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 31, 2010 18:14:38 GMT -5
Killer can challenge execution 'do-over' A federal judge decided yesterday that Cleveland killer Romell Broom can continue arguing in court that he should not have to face the executioner a second time. U.S. District Judge Gregory L. Frost dismissed some of Broom's appeal but accepted parts of his argument that the state should not have another chance to lethally inject him after botching the first attempt on Sept. 15. Specifically, Frost left open to further legal debate questions about whether a second execution attempt would violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." He also allowed to stand questions about whether Broom was inappropriately denied access to his attorneys and the courts during the two-hour Death House ordeal last year at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville. The execution of Broom, now 54, was halted by Gov. Ted Strickland based on the advice of a prison official, after a medical team tried in vain for two tense hours to attach IV lines. In the process, the team poked the condemned prisoner's arms and legs 18times with injection needles. S. Adele Shank, Broom's Columbus attorney, said the decision "gives us hope. It allows us to go back to the court and prove constitutional violations do exist." Ted Hart, a spokesman for Attorney General Richard Cordray, offered a brief comment about the ruling. "The district court simply held that Broom's claim is plausible enough to survive immediate dismissal." Hart declined to elaborate. The attorney general's office opposed Broom's attempt to block a second execution attempt and challenged assertions that it would constitute illegal "double jeopardy" under the law. Broom was convicted and sentenced to death for abducting, raping and fatally stabbing 14-year-old Tryna Middleton of Cleveland in 1984 as she walked home from a football game. No new execution date has been set. It is the only time in the recent history of capital punishment in the U.S. that an execution was halted after it had actually begun. The problems prompted former state prisons director Terry Collins to order use of a new one-drug execution process instead of the three-drug protocol previously used. The one-drug method has subsequently been used for eight executions, mostly without incident.
MORE:www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/28/killer-can-challenge-execution-do-over.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Dec 2, 2010 12:17:43 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Dec 2, 2010 14:52:53 GMT -5
Survivor of Ohio execution must stay on death row The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected the request of a condemned inmate who survived a botched execution to leave death row. Attorneys for Romell Broom argued that no attempt to execute Broom could be done without violating his constitutional rights prohibiting double jeopardy. The court ruled without comment Thursday to deny the request by Broom, sentenced to die for raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in 1984. A similar argument by Broom is pending in federal court. The state stopped Broom's execution in September 2009 after failing to find a usable vein. In separate action on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled there's no provision in Ohio law to allow a constitutional challenge of lethal injection. www.cleveland.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/survivor-of-ohio-execution-must-stay-on-death-row/2f58450cc56943d28a880096a06a9f82 |
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Post by guest on Mar 9, 2011 12:49:02 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Feb 17, 2012 10:10:37 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Feb 17, 2012 22:31:59 GMT -5
Appeals court rejects Ohio inmate's attempt to block execution An Ohio inmate spared from lethal injection once will face a new execution date. The Eighth District Court of Appeals has rejected Romell Broom's challenge. Broom had previously been scheduled to die on September 15, 2009 but prison officials were unable to obtain IV access to his veins. Then-Governor Ted Strickland issued a reprieve and postponed Broom's execution. Broom then filed a challenge to a new execution date but a lower court and the Eighth District court both rejected Broom's claim that a new execution violated his right against cruel and unusual punishment and right against double jeopardy. More; www.wkyc.com/news/article/231029/3/Appeals-court-rejects-Ohio-inmates-attempt-to-block-execution- |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 27, 2012 11:45:32 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Oct 13, 2012 18:36:29 GMT -5
Survivor on Death Row, a new e-book co-authored by death row inmate Romell Broom and Clare Nonhebel, tells the story of Ohio's botched attempt to execute Broom by lethal injection in 2009. In September of that year, Broom was readied for execution and placed on the gurney, but the procedure was terminated after corrections officials spent over two hours attempting to find a suitable vein for the lethal injection. Broom was removed from the death chamber and has remained on death row ever since. In the book, Broom discusses his troubled childhood and his life of over 25 years on death row, including his repeated requests for new DNA testing and a new legal team. Broom has always maintained his innocence. Jon Snow, a reporter for Channel 4 News in England, called the book "A horrifying story embracing all the evils of the death penalty. Bad forensics, dodgy DNA, awful lawyers, render this a must-read.” Source; www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/books-survivor-death-row-ohios-failed-attempt-execute-romell-broomwww.amazon.com/Survivor-on-Death-Row-ebook/dp/B009M8OYCQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350065548&sr=8-1&keywords=survivor+on+death+row |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jan 31, 2013 13:54:41 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jul 9, 2013 22:50:39 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Oct 17, 2013 12:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 1, 2014 10:35:07 GMT -5
Ohio Supreme Court to rule on second execution attempt The Ohio Supreme Court will hear convicted killer Romell Broom’s argument that the state should not get a second chance to try to execute him. The court agreed this week to hear the appeal of Broom, 57, who was sentenced to death for the 1984 abduction, rape and murder of Tryna Middleton, 14, of Cleveland, as she walked home from a football game. Attorneys Adele S. Shank of Columbus and Timothy Sweeney of Cleveland argue that Broom would face unconstitutional “double jeopardy” if the state tries a second time to execute him. They also say it would violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. More; www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/05/31/court-to-rule-on-second-execution-attempt.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 4, 2014 21:15:26 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 8, 2014 20:04:28 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 17, 2014 22:18:29 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 5, 2015 18:05:21 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 9, 2015 19:20:44 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 9, 2015 19:21:42 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 9, 2015 19:23:25 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 10, 2015 21:02:43 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 10, 2015 21:09:27 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 19, 2016 23:34:10 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 19, 2016 23:37:25 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 19, 2016 23:39:44 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on May 18, 2016 21:59:55 GMT -5
Cross post Doing Harm: Medical Professionals and the Death Penalty It's a brutal photo. Romell Broom holds his arms in front of him, palms out. Dozens of white adhesive squares mark the locations of all 18 attempts to insert an IV by members of an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction execution team in 2009. Broom had been sentenced to die for the 1984 rape and murder of 14-year-old Tryna Middleton. After two hours, during which eyewitnesses claim Broom showed signs of pain and distress, the execution was called off. It was the first time a state had attempted an execution but failed to kill the condemned person since lethal injection was first used by Texas in 1982. This past March, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that attempting to execute Broom again would not constitute cruel and unusual punishment or double jeopardy. More; www.truth-out.org/news/item/36058-doing-harm-medical-professionals-and-the-death-penalty |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 28, 2016 22:18:54 GMT -5
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