"Frank Spisak, the notorious cross-dressing, Hitler-loving triple murderer, is set to be executed on Feb. 17, 2011," reports Reginald Fields for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Meanwhile, "Ohio executed a hitchhiker Thursday who admitted to killing one motorist who gave him a ride and shooting two others during a three-week string of shootings that terrorized the Cincinnati area in 1983," reports Julie Carr Smyth for AP. The U.S. Supreme Court's green light for the green mile order is here. Justices Stevens and Breyer dissented. Jon Craig has this story on the Michael Beuke execution for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Also by Jon Craig is this story on the modern-era record number of executions in Ohio this year. Is this an "ominous record"? I don't think so. These are pent up cases where justice has been denied for a long time, and when the dam finally breaks, you get a big gush. The problem is that so many cases were needlessly delayed, not that the delays are finally coming to an end for an unusual number of cases in one year.
Meanwhile, "Ohio executed a hitchhiker Thursday who admitted to killing one motorist who gave him a ride and shooting two others during a three-week string of shootings that terrorized the Cincinnati area in 1983," reports Julie Carr Smyth for AP. The U.S. Supreme Court's green light for the green mile order is here. Justices Stevens and Breyer dissented. Jon Craig has this story on the Michael Beuke execution for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Also by Jon Craig is this story on the modern-era record number of executions in Ohio this year. Is this an "ominous record"? I don't think so. These are pent up cases where justice has been denied for a long time, and when the dam finally breaks, you get a big gush. The problem is that so many cases were needlessly delayed, not that the delays are finally coming to an end for an unusual number of cases in one year.
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