Deanna's Daydreamer
12-04-2009, 11:42 PM
Ohio dismemberment killer files new delay request
Associated Press - December 3, 2009 7:55 PM ET
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio death row inmate has asked a federal judge for an emergency order that would stop next week's planned execution.
Kenneth Biros says the state is rushing too fast to use its new, one-drug lethal injection process. He says the untested method announced last month could jeopardize his right to an execution that does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
The state opposes any delay, and Gov. Ted Strickland on Thursday denied Biros' request for clemency. The state also argues the one-drug method should end a 5-year-old lawsuit in Ohio that claims injection can cause inmates severe suffering.
Biros killed 22-year-old Tami Engstrom near Warren in 1991 after he offered to drive her home from a bar, then scattered her body parts in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
other links found on the web:
the murder house is in ruins:
"...but at least part of her liver was recovered from the trunk of Biros's car."
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Counties/Trumbull/biroshouse.html
son wants killer to fry:
http://mobile.tribtoday.com/page/wap.home/?id=529556
court blocked execution two years ago:
"...search based on Biros’ information led to body parts that had been buried, and some dug up and reburied."
http://www.sharonherald.com/local/local_story_079225005.html/resources_printstory
Associated Press - December 3, 2009 7:55 PM ET
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio death row inmate has asked a federal judge for an emergency order that would stop next week's planned execution.
Kenneth Biros says the state is rushing too fast to use its new, one-drug lethal injection process. He says the untested method announced last month could jeopardize his right to an execution that does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
The state opposes any delay, and Gov. Ted Strickland on Thursday denied Biros' request for clemency. The state also argues the one-drug method should end a 5-year-old lawsuit in Ohio that claims injection can cause inmates severe suffering.
Biros killed 22-year-old Tami Engstrom near Warren in 1991 after he offered to drive her home from a bar, then scattered her body parts in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
other links found on the web:
the murder house is in ruins:
"...but at least part of her liver was recovered from the trunk of Biros's car."
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Counties/Trumbull/biroshouse.html
son wants killer to fry:
http://mobile.tribtoday.com/page/wap.home/?id=529556
court blocked execution two years ago:
"...search based on Biros’ information led to body parts that had been buried, and some dug up and reburied."
http://www.sharonherald.com/local/local_story_079225005.html/resources_printstory