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Friday, February 08, 2013  A Toledoan on death row for murdering a woman in 1997 has lost his bid for release or a new trial.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  A former Ohio death row inmate who is now charged with threatening a Putnam County judge wants his new case moved to a new location. Ken Richey is set to stand trial in May.

Friday, March 23, 2012  A Scotsman who spent 20 years on Ohio's death row wants a state court to toss out new charges against him.,

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  A man who spent two decades on Ohio's death row has pleaded not guilty to threatening a Putnam County judge who prosecuted his original case.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Ken Richey was charged for retaliation and violating a civil protection order after leaving a threatening phone message for a Putnam County judge on New Year's Eve.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011  Opponents of capital punishment in Ohio are ready to tell lawmakers why they should pass a bill that would scrap state's 30-year-old law.

Monday, November 07, 2011  The U.S. Supreme Court voted to reinstate the murder conviction against Archie Dixon, who was convicted of murdering his friend, Christopher Hammer.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  Ohio has executed a man who was waiting to be sentenced for aggravated murder in 1988 when he beat to death a fellow jail inmate after the two argued over what to watch on television.

Monday, April 11, 2011  A man who beat to death a fellow Cincinnati jail inmate has been moved from death row in Youngstown to the southern Ohio prison that houses the state's execution chamber in preparation for his lethal injection.

Thursday, February 03, 2011  Attorneys have asked the Ohio Parole Board for mercy for a death row inmate from Toledo who could become the first in the U.S. to die from a single dose of a barbiturate newly adopted for use in executions.

Wednesday, December 08, 2010  Parole has been denied for an Ohio man who was convicted of murdering his wife and who argued unsuccessfully that the body in her grave was not hers.

Thursday, November 18, 2010  Ohio has changed its execution-day rules to allow a warden to edit or shorten a condemned inmate's final statement.

Thursday, May 13, 2010  Ohio has executed a hitchhiker who admitted to gunning down one motorist who gave him a ride and wounding two others.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008  The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Ohio death row inmate Gregory Bryant-Bey's request to delay his execution.