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Court: Inmate Who Survived Execution Can be Put to Death

The Ohio Supreme Court says the state can try again to execute a condemned killer who survived a 2009 botched execution.   The court ruled 4-3 Wednesday to reject arguments by death row inmate Romell Broom that giving the state prisons agency a second chance would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy.   The state stopped Broom's 2009 execution after two hours when executioners failed to find a usable vein following 18 attempts to insert...


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