Execution requests in ohio Crimes and outcomes
Since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection in April, Ohio prosecutors have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to set execution dates for eight inmates. The defendants, their crime and the outcome of the request:
Kenneth Biros, Trumbull County.
On Feb. 7, 1991, Biros stabbed and beat 22-year-old Tami Engstrom 91 times, then strangled her. He dumped parts of her dismembered body in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Date execution was requested: April 30.
Outcome: Ohio Supreme Court denied request Sept. 10.
Jerome Henderson, Hamilton County.
Henderson broke into the Cincinnati apartment of 26-year-old Mary Acoff on March 3, 1985, and stabbed and beat her multiple times in the head, chest and neck, including slashing her throat at least 13 times.
Date execution was requested: May 8.
Outcome: Ohio Supreme Court denied request Aug. 6.
Richard Cooey, Summit County.
Cooey raped and murdered University of Akron students Dawn Offredo and Wendy McCreery on Sept. 1, 1986.
Date execution was requested: May 7.
Outcome: Ohio Supreme Court approved request July 11; Cooey was executed Oct. 14.
Gregory Bryant-Bey, Lucas County.
Bryant-Bey stabbed and killed collectibles store owner Dale Pinkelman during a robbery on Aug. 8, 1992.
Date execution was requested: May 21.
Outcome: Ohio Supreme Court approved request July 21; Bryant-Bey was executed Nov. 19.
Jeffrey Hill, Hamilton County.
On March 23, 1991, Hill repeatedly stabbed his 61-year-old mother, Emma Hill, in her Cincinnati apartment, stole $20, spent the money on crack cocaine, returned to the apartment and stole another $80.
Date execution was requested: July 1.
Outcome: No decision yet by Ohio Supreme Court.
Brett Hartman, Summit County.
Hartman tied a friend, 46-year-old Winda Snipes, to her bed in her apartment in Akron on Sept. 9, 1997, stabbed her 138 times, slit her throat and cut off her hands.
Date execution was requested: Aug. 28,
Outcome: No decision yet.
Romell Broom, Cuyahoga County.
Broom abducted 14-year-old Tryna Middleton Sept. 21, 1984, in Cleveland, raped and stabbed her seven times.
Date execution was requested: Sept. 29.
Outcome: No decision yet.
Daniel Wilson, Lorain County.
On May 4, 1991, Wilson offered a ride home from an Elyria bar to a friend, 24-year-old Carol Lutz, locked her in the trunk of her car, punctured the car’s gas tank, stuffed a rag into the tank and set the car on fire, killing Lutz.
Date execution was requested: Oct. 20.
Outcome: No decision yet.
Source: Ohio public defender, Ohio attorney general, Ohio Supreme Court, AP research.