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Post by mst3k4evur on Mar 8, 2010 11:21:52 GMT -6
Gutless, spiteful waste of life.Inmate facing Tuesday execution found unconscious By Associated Press Monday, March 8, 2010 - Added 3m ago COLUMBUS, Ohio — A convicted killer found unconscious in prison a little more than a day before his scheduled execution has been hospitalized in serious condition as authorities investigate a possible overdose, Ohio prison officials said Monday. Lawrence Reynolds Jr., 43, was found unconscious about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn said. She says it appears Reynolds’ condition was self-inflicted and authorities are investigating an overdose of pills. She could not say what kind. Reynolds was hospitalized in serious condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown. An assistant to Warden David Bobby said the prison had no comment and referred all calls to Walburn. Walburn declined to describe the episode as a suicide attempt. She said it appears to be the first time since Ohio reinstated the death penalty in 1999 that an inmate scheduled for execution "has been found unresponsive mere hours from being transported" to the state death chamber. Reynolds was to leave at 3 a.m. Monday for the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, where the state’s death chamber is located. Hospital personnel expect Reynolds to survive the episode, Walburn said. She said the state has a constitutional duty to care for Reynolds, despite the fact he is condemned. It was unclear whether Reynolds’ execution would go forward Tuesday. His death warrant expires at midnight Tuesday and would likely have to be reissued if his lethal injection has not taken place by that time. The Ohio Public Defender’s office, which is representing Reynolds, did not immediately return a call for comment. Reynolds is sentenced to die for the 1994 strangulation of his 67-year-old neighbor in her home to get money for his alcohol addiction. Tuesday would be the second time the state has tried to execute Reynolds. He was scheduled to die last October, but Gov. Ted Strickland delayed the execution so the state could review its lethal injection procedure. Since then, Ohio has switched from a three-drug process, which opponents said could cause severe pain, to a one-drug system. Reynolds lost a bid Friday to have the execution delayed so he could challenge the new system when federal appeals court "regretfully" denied his request. His attorneys filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. Three inmates have been executed with the state’s new, one-drug new method, and in each case death came in just a few minutes. Washington last week became the second state to adopt the procedure. © Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. news.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view/20100308inmate_facing_tuesday_execution_found_unconscious/srvc=home&position=recent
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Post by SubSurfCPO(ret) on Mar 8, 2010 11:40:28 GMT -6
Fine, if he wants to do himself in then introduce him the the Kevorkian machine. We would find out just how serious he really is.
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Post by mike5 on Mar 8, 2010 12:16:10 GMT -6
So, now what happens? They have to make him get better? Do a competency hearing? Sounds like a great way to delay an execution.
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Post by mst3k4evur on Mar 8, 2010 12:28:06 GMT -6
Hopefully, Strickland will give him a week reprieve and that's all it will take to get him healthy enough to die.
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Post by mst3k4evur on Mar 8, 2010 12:52:31 GMT -6
Hopefully, Strickland will give him a week reprieve and that's all it will take to get him healthy enough to die. Looks like I called it. Here's hoping he doesn't weasel out of it again. Ohio delays execution of inmate found unconscious Monday, March 08, 2010 at 1:29 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio has postponed the execution of an inmate who overdosed on pills to from Tuesday to March 16.
Authorities say 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds was found unconscious in his prison cell Sunday night. He had been scheduled to die by lethal injection for the killing of his Cuyahoga Falls neighbor in 1994.
Prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn says Reynolds has been upgraded from serious to stable condition at a Youngstown hospital, but medical staff don't anticipate releasing him Monday.
Walburn says Gov. Ted Strickland has issued the seven-day reprieve for to allow Reynolds to be released and provide state prison staff with extra time to prepare for his execution.
Walburn says Reynolds' injuries were self-imposed, but she declined to call it a suicide attempt. The state continues to investigate the case.
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Post by Californian on Mar 8, 2010 12:57:22 GMT -6
Why did they even take him to the hospital?
Let him croak.
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Post by unkelremus on Mar 8, 2010 13:21:13 GMT -6
Gov. Ted Strickland issued a seven-day reprieve to convicted murderer Lawrence Reynolds, postponing his scheduled execution for one week while he recuperates from a suspected suicide attempt late Sunday night. State prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn confirmed the reprieve, with a new execution date set for March 16 at 10 a.m. Strickland also has denied clemency in the case. According to a statement from the governor's office, "Mr. Reynolds’ current medical condition has made it impossible to proceed with the scheduled execution tomorrow." Reynolds was to be transported to the Death House at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility early Monday morning. But he was found unconscious in his cell at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and was transported by ambulance to the St. Elizabeth Health Center, Walburn said. He was in serious condition and remained unconscious during the morning but had stabilized after midday. "His medical condition has been upgraded," Walburn said. "He is now in stable condition and is showing signs of consciousness." Prison officials suspect Reynolds attempted to overdose.Walburn declined to comment on medications he had access to and said an investigation into the matter was continuing. Reynolds has been cited three times since entering death row on drug-related issues, according to informationsubmitted to the state parole board: In January 1996 and June 2002, Reynolds was caught with "hooch," or homemade alcohol. In November 1997, he received a box of instant soup packets with marijuana hidden inside. The niece of Reynolds' murder victim wants answers from state prisons officials on how the Death Row inmate obtained whatever he used in what appears to be an attempted overdose hours before he was to be transported to the site of his scheduled execution. Denise Turchiano, an Orrville woman who was scheduled to witness Reynolds' execution Tuesday, reacted in anger and disbelief at the news of Reynolds’ suicide attempt. "Who gave him this, and why was he not being watched," she said. "I want answers. ... Somebody better answer how in the hell this is happening in the system." Death row inmates scheduled for execution are placed under constant surveillance 72 hours prior to their lethal injections. Guards are placed outside cell doors and regular checks are conducted, Walburn said. "We are doing an investigation to determine whether everything was done in accordance with policy," she said. In January 1994, Reynolds conned his way into the home Loretta Mae Foster, a 67-year-old neighbor. He beat her with a tent pole, tied her up with a telephone cord and strangled her to death. Reynolds took about $40 in cash and a blank check belonging to the victim; Foster's nude body was later found on the floor of her house, after Reynolds bragged to friends about the killing. He was convicted for murder, kidnapping, burglary and attempted rape and sentenced to death.
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Post by josephdphillips on Mar 8, 2010 15:48:26 GMT -6
Gov. Ted Strickland issued a seven-day reprieve to convicted murderer Lawrence Reynolds, postponing his scheduled execution for one week while he recuperates from a suspected suicide attempt late Sunday night. This is unbelievable.
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Post by Kay on Mar 8, 2010 16:25:34 GMT -6
How very ironic, hospitalize him until he is well, then he can be executed.
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Post by mst3k4evur on Mar 8, 2010 16:30:29 GMT -6
Gov. Ted Strickland issued a seven-day reprieve to convicted murderer Lawrence Reynolds, postponing his scheduled execution for one week while he recuperates from a suspected suicide attempt late Sunday night. This is unbelievable. It's better than a court-ordered stay, that would give him years more to live.
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Post by Elric of Melnibone on Mar 8, 2010 16:32:53 GMT -6
Typical. He is trying to control his life, never mind he is on death row. His life, and how he lives it are his, and he is trying to cheat the juiceman. No such luck. Put him in a room with nothing but a thong and let him wait the week out, then whack him.
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Post by wrench on Mar 8, 2010 18:01:58 GMT -6
i'd mount that tent pole to the ceiling, right above the gurney. looks like he's on deck for march 16th.
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Post by spinaltap on Mar 8, 2010 19:08:19 GMT -6
7 days
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Post by ichy on Mar 8, 2010 20:20:59 GMT -6
I hate to think how much money was wasted on treating him.
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Post by mike5 on Mar 9, 2010 8:35:13 GMT -6
The panty-wetters are outrageously outraged!!!!!!!!! that the state would treat Reynolds so he can be executed a week later.
However, if they found Reynolds half dead and did not treat him and he died of his OD the day a stay was issued or he suffered brain damage and received a stay, guess what would happen?
Those gals crack me up. ;D
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Post by josephdphillips on Mar 9, 2010 9:29:52 GMT -6
It's better than a court-ordered stay, that would give him years more to live. No, I don't think so. They're equally as bad. This is more proof that Americans are incompetent when it comes to the death penalty.
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Post by Stormyweather on Mar 9, 2010 11:54:54 GMT -6
It's better than a court-ordered stay, that would give him years more to live. And he still may get that. His lawyers may accomplish quite a bit in seven days. This is stupid, all they had to do was put him on the gurney, take his to the execution chamber and help him end it. He wouldn't have even had to be conscious as they searched for a vein.
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Post by Stormyweather on Mar 9, 2010 12:16:53 GMT -6
His condition is improving. That should make everyone feel better here. (sarcasm)Condemned killer improving at Ohio hospitalCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - On what had been his scheduled execution date, a condemned killer remains hospitalized in Ohio. But his condition is improving following an overdose of pills prescribed for him. Prison system spokeswoman Julie Walburn said Tuesday that 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr. admitted taking an overdose of a drug that had been prescribed for him. The drug and why it was prescribed weren't disclosed. He remains in a Youngstown hospital. His execution was moved to next Tuesday. Reynolds was sentenced to die for killing his neighbor near Akron in 1994. He was found unconscious around Sunday night at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown. He took the pills despite being under a 72-hour watch - routine for inmates approaching an execution date. How he accumulated the pills is under investigation. www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=12109390
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Post by Charlene on Mar 9, 2010 12:44:11 GMT -6
Such a senseless delay for the victim's family. Ridiculous that he can still jerk them around like this. I will be counting down this one.
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Post by Matt on Mar 9, 2010 13:42:44 GMT -6
Any word on how he got the pills? We have to hope the investigation leads to an arrest. Whomever supplied him needs to be made an example of with a lengthy prison sentence.
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Post by Rev. Agave on Mar 9, 2010 14:31:28 GMT -6
Any word on how he got the pills? We have to hope the investigation leads to an arrest. Whomever supplied him needs to be made an example of with a lengthy prison sentence. The pills were prescribed to him. I imagine he pretended that he was swallowing them and slipped them under his tongue instead so he could save them up and take a whole bunch at once. That is my guess, anyway.
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Post by mike5 on Mar 9, 2010 14:54:51 GMT -6
I don't know how many pills he swallowed and of what, but this means the person who dispensed them failed to check his mouth to see that he swallowed it in order to prevent something like this happening.
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Post by nate on Mar 14, 2010 18:11:42 GMT -6
Any word on how he got the pills? We have to hope the investigation leads to an arrest. Whomever supplied him needs to be made an example of with a lengthy prison sentence. Wow! All some Americans can think of is taking away somebody's freedom. You should listen to yourselves. It seems like in America you commit one offense (ie; make one mistake) the remainder of your productive life is forfeited(typo-sorry),is that the way you want things???
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Post by mike5 on Mar 14, 2010 18:21:12 GMT -6
Any word on how he got the pills? We have to hope the investigation leads to an arrest. Whomever supplied him needs to be made an example of with a lengthy prison sentence. Wow! All some Americans can think of is taking away somebody's freedom. You should listen to yourselves. It seems like in America you commit one offense (ie; make one mistake) the remainder of your productive life is forfeited(typo-sorry),is that the way you want things??? No, it is not a mistake. It is a serious crime, both the smuggling of contraband into a prison and the furnishing of drugs. And how do you know the guilty party only did it once? You should listen to yourself. Some canadians have no respect for our laws.
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Post by ichy on Mar 14, 2010 19:18:35 GMT -6
Any word on how he got the pills? We have to hope the investigation leads to an arrest. Whomever supplied him needs to be made an example of with a lengthy prison sentence. Wow! All some Americans can think of is taking away somebody's freedom. You should listen to yourselves. It seems like in America you commit one offense (ie; make one mistake) the remainder of your productive life is forfeited(typo-sorry),is that the way you want things??? A DUI after having a couple more beers than you should have is a mistake. Smuggling drugs into a prison is a very serious crime and should be treated as such.
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Post by mst3k4evur on Mar 15, 2010 15:13:07 GMT -6
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