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By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Associated Press
POSTED: 11:38 a.m. EST, Nov 19, 2008
LUCASVILLE: Ohio today executed a man for the 1992 stabbing death of a collectibles store owner in Toledo, the state's second execution in as many months.
Gregory Bryant-Bey, 53, died by lethal injection at 10:41 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
In a three-minute final statement, Bryant-Bey said he'd been framed, convicted on the basis of false evidence and had had poor legal help.
''My brothers and sisters, what can be done to prevent sisters and brothers from being framed?'' he said.
Bryant-Bey's execution proceeded after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied his request for a 60-day reprieve. He had wanted more time to present additional information about his case to Gov. Ted Strickland, who denied clemency Tuesday.
Bryant-Bey was the second inmate put to death in Ohio since the end of an unofficial national moratorium on executions that began last year while the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Kentucky's lethal injection procedure.
Bryant-Bey was convicted in the Aug. 9, 1992, robbery and killing of Dale Pinkelman, who owned a sports collectibles and coin shop.
He also faced a death penalty in the Nov. 2, 1992, killing of Peter Mihas, owner of The Board Room restaurant in downtown Toledo.
After police arrested Bryant-Bey for Mihas' death, similarities between the two crimes led to charges in Pinkelman's slaying.
A jury recommended life in prison for Bryant-Bey in the Mihas killing.
The state has now executed 28 inmates since 1999, when Ohio renewed executions after more than three decades.
LUCASVILLE: Ohio today executed a man for the 1992 stabbing death of a collectibles store owner in Toledo, the state's second execution in as many months.
Gregory Bryant-Bey, 53, died by lethal injection at 10:41 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
In a three-minute final statement, Bryant-Bey said he'd been framed, convicted on the basis of false evidence and had had poor legal help.
''My brothers and sisters, what can be done to prevent sisters and brothers from being framed?'' he said.
Bryant-Bey's execution proceeded after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied his request for a 60-day reprieve. He had wanted more time to present additional information about his case to Gov. Ted Strickland, who denied clemency Tuesday.
Bryant-Bey was the second inmate put to death in Ohio since the end of an unofficial national moratorium on executions that began last year while the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Kentucky's lethal injection procedure.
Bryant-Bey was convicted in the Aug. 9, 1992, robbery and killing of Dale Pinkelman, who owned a sports collectibles and coin shop.
He also faced a death penalty in the Nov. 2, 1992, killing of Peter Mihas, owner of The Board Room restaurant in downtown Toledo.
After police arrested Bryant-Bey for Mihas' death, similarities between the two crimes led to charges in Pinkelman's slaying.
A jury recommended life in prison for Bryant-Bey in the Mihas killing.
The state has now executed 28 inmates since 1999, when Ohio renewed executions after more than three decades.
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Posted 12:22 PM, 11/19/2008
Who's next?
Keep the line moving folks, keep it moving.
Posted 02:09 PM, 11/19/2008
How many people could we feed on the money it takes to house these people? Let's be done with them all and let's stop making a big deal about it. These are animals they kill and have no consideration for anyone. Why should we have any consideration for them! I am tired of paying for people who contribute nothing to the USA! Be done with it already. We need to pass a law that if you are given a death sentence it must be carried out within 90 days.
