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Ohio puts child killer to death in 1st execution in 3 years
By wgntv.com
Published: 07/27/2017

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Ohio put a child killer to death Wednesday, carrying out the state’s first execution after a 3½-year delay and signaling the possible resumption of capital punishment in the state.

Ronald Phillips was executed by lethal injection without any of the complications that marred the state’s last execution and caused the governor to pause scheduled executions.

Ronald Phillips (Photo courtesy: Ohio Department of Corrections)

Phillips was sentenced to die for the 1993 rape and killing of Sheila Marie Evans, his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter.

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