Court Report

Ohio Executes Man Who Killed Shopkeeper

LUCASVILLE, Ohio - Ohio executed a man who bragged that he would copy a killing scene from a violent movie, then shot a convenience store owner and a clerk to death. Mark Brown, 37, was put to death at 10:49 a.m. with a single dose of a powerful anesthetic under the state's new injection procedure, with death coming about nine minutes after the drug began flowing. Brown did not give a last statement. After the single dose of thiopental sodium was administered at 10:40 a.m., he blinked several times, closed and opened his eyes and swallowed once before shutting his eyes a last time. Read more...
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