Court rejects appeal by Ohio death row inmate
COLUMBUS (AP) — A death row inmate convicted of strangling a 16-year-old girl in 1988 had several last-minute appeals rejected by a federal court today, including a claim that he could be violently allergic to the anesthetic Ohio uses to put inmates to death.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld multiple rulings issued by lower courts last week in the case of Darryl Durr, 46, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday.
Durr made a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. A message seeking comment was left for his attorney, Kathleen McGarry.
Today’s rulings rejected Durr’s argument for more DNA testing on a necklace worn by the victim. The appeals court also rejected his claim that Ohio’s lethal injection chemicals violate federal prescription drug laws.
Durr was transferred today from a state prison in Youngstown to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, home to the state’s death chamber.
He was convicted of kidnapping 16-year-old Angel Vincent from her home in Elyria on Jan. 31, 1988, while her mother and stepfather were away at a Super Bowl party.