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| Inmate Stalls Execution with Overdose |
| By myfoxchicago.com |
| Published: 03/10/2010 |
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MYFOX NATIONAL) - An Ohio death row inmate avoided his execution for the second time when he overdosed on pills in his prison cell on Monday reports The Cleveland Leader . Lawrence Reynolds Jr., 43, was scheduled to face death by lethal injection on Tuesday for the murder of his elderly neighbor in 1994. He was found guilty of strangling her in her home for money to get alcohol. Reynolds had previously avoided his first date of execution in October 2009 when Ohio Governor Ted Strickland postponed the execution to investigate the lethal injection procedure which Reynolds had been challenging. Although death row inmates are monitored around the clock for 72 hours before execution, Reynolds was still somehow able to obtain the pills that he overdosed on. A prison spokesperson did not give an explanation as to how Reynolds was able to accomplish this. An investigation is being conducted. Read More. |
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