Ohio inmate loses appeal to block second try at execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal by a condemned Ohio killer whose 2009 execution was called off after two hours during which he cried in pain while receiving 18 needle sticks.The court's ruling denies death row inmate Romell Broom the opportunity to argue that giving the state prisons agency a second chance to execute him would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy.Broom is only the second inmate to survive an execution in U.S. history an
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