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    Charles L. Lorraine - Ohio




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    On May 6, 1986, Lorraine murdered 77-year-old Raymond Montgomery and 80-year-old Doris Montgomery in their home. The Montgomerys had hired Lorraine to perform tasks around their house. Lorraine stabbed Mr. Montgomery five times with a butcher knife and stabbed Mrs. Montgomery, who was bed-ridden, nine times. Lorraine stole their money and when he spent all of the money that day, he returned to the Montgomerys' house to steal again.

    Lorraine has been on death row since December 10, 1986.

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    Court asked to set execution date in ’86 murders

    Prosecutors have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to set an execution date for a man convicted in the 1986 killings of an elderly Warren couple.

    Charles Lorraine was sentenced to death for murdering Doris and Raymond Montgomery. In a motion filed with the high court Tuesday, Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins and Assistant Prosecutor LuWayne Annos argued that Lorraine has exhausted all of his state and federal remedies, and it is time to allow the death sentence to be carried out.

    They wrote, “According to statistics compiled by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, [Lorraine] has been imprisoned 8,423 days since his two death sentences were imposed. In other words, it will be 25 years this year. Justice delayed has been justice denied to the survivors of Doris and Raymond Montgomery.”

    According to documents, 77-year-old Raymond Montgomery and his 80-year-old wife, Doris, had hired Lorraine to complete jobs around their home. “Lorraine stabbed Mr. Montgomery five times with a butcher knife and stabbed Mrs. Montgomery, who was bedridden, nine times,” according to documents. “Lorraine stole their money, and when he spent all of the money that day, he returned to the Montgomerys’ house to steal again.”

    Lorraine was convicted in 1986 and sentenced to death in for both murders. According to court documents, the state parole board recommended against clemency in the case in 1994 to then-Gov. George Voinovich. But Lorraine filed additional legal action, alleging that he was mentally retarded and could not be executed.

    Subsequent proceedings on that issue tied up the case for years, until a January hearing, when Lorraine abandoned the effort.

    At that time, he told reporters: “I’ll say and do whatever I need to do to stay alive,” and went on the clarify, “I’m not mentally retarded,” according to documents.

    A trial court earlier this year concluded that Lorraine was not mentally retarded — a decision he has not yet appealed, according to documents.

    “This guy was repeatedly tested, from age 6 until recently in 2006 and 2007, probably a dozen times,” Watkins said. “He’s never been and is not mentally retarded. ... There’s absolutely no claim of innocence. He’s been proven guilty beyond all doubt, and with his prior history and record and the plethora of witnesses, this is as solid as it’s going to get.”

    http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/apr/1...821/?newswatch

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    Ohio second in executions

    WARREN - Even though executions in the United States were down last year, eight men were lethally injected in Ohio in 2010, ranking second to only Texas.

    And with one of Ohio's executions - Roderick Davie of Warren - marking Trumbull County's third lethal injection in a year's time, Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is awaiting an execution date for what could be the county's fourth execution.

    Watkins and his chief appellate assistant, LuWayne Annos, say they have asked for a firm execution date for Charles Lorraine, one of seven remaining local death row inmates in Ohio. The seven include Ohio's only woman facing execution.

    Annos and Watkins asked for a death date for Lorraine last April 13, after Lorraine withdrew his previous claim that he was mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for the death penalty.

    ''It's unusual that we haven't gotten one (an execution date) yet,'' said Annos, pointing out that it's rare to wait more than six months for a decision on a date from the Ohio Supreme Court.

    Still, Watkins said he is confident that a date will be forthcoming from the supreme court and incoming Gov. John Kasich.

    Gov.-elect Kasich soon will begin reviewing executions that already are scheduled this year for Frank Spisak from Cuyahoga County on Feb. 17, and Johnnie Baston of Lucas County on March 10.

    ''Gov. Kasich will hopefully carry on (executions) in a timely manner in terms of scheduling them for clemency hearings before the Parole Board,'' Watkins said.

    Watkins is aware that he and Ohio seem to be bucking a trend since executions nationwide dropped from 52 in 2009 to 46 in 2010. He's also aware that the population on death row in Ohio has dwindled in the past few years from more than 200 to 156, and that the trend has been toward more sentences of life behind bars with no chance of parole.

    Even with all that, according to Watkins, Lorraine is the perfect candidate for the death penalty.

    ''There's no better example (for the death penalty) than Charles Lorraine, whose own expert found that he wasn't mentally retarded,'' Watkins said.

    Lorraine was convicted in the 1986 murder of Raymond and Doris Montgomery, an elderly couple whom he had befriended.

    ''He went to the Olympic Inn afterwards and bragged about it,'' said Watkins, who tried the capital case himself, convicting the now 44-year-old Lorraine in the May 6, 1986, killings.

    Davie admitted to and was convicted of killing Tracey Jefferys and John Coleman and of seriously injuring John Everett on June 29, 1991, in Warren.

    http://www.tribtoday.com/page/conten....html?nav=5021

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    Ohio high court sets 3 new execution dates

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court has set three new execution dates for condemned killers, including a man on death row since 1984 for shooting his three sons as they lay in bed.

    The court set a Nov. 15 date for 65-year-old Reginald Brooks, sentenced to die for killing his children in Cleveland in 1982 two days after his wife served divorce papers.

    The court set a Jan. 18, 2012, date for 44-year-old Charles Lorraine, sentenced to die for stabbing an elderly couple to death in their Trumbull County home in 1986.

    The court set a Feb. 22, 2012, date for 62-year-old Michael Webb, sentenced to die for killing his 3-year-old son in an arson fire in Clermont County in 1990.

    The court also upheld an Aug. 16 execution date for Brett Hartman for a 1997 killing in Akron.

    http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=14162604

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    Warren killer to be executed next year

    Ohio's Supreme Court set a Jan. 18, 2012, execution date for local death row inmate Charles Lorraine, who killed an elderly couple in 1986 and then bought drinks for patrons at a local bar using money he took from the man and wife.

    After buying the drinks, Lorraine went back to the northwest side Warren home and robbed the couple a second time, according to Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins.

    ''This execution is long overdue. He (Lorraine) has purposely delayed his execution, knowing he wasn't mentally retarded,'' Watkins said Tuesday.

    Lorraine was among four death row inmates to get execution dates Tuesday.

    The 44-year-old Warren man would be the fourth Trumbull County execution in recent years.

    Lorraine was sentenced to die for the 1986 stabbing deaths of Doris, 80, and Raymond Montgomery, 77, of Haymaker Avenue N.W., Warren. He was 19 years old at the time.

    A judge denied what was an Atkins claim by Lorraine - a claim that was pending for more than 2 years.

    During a formal hearing in January 2010, Lorraine blurted out the fact that he wasn't mentally retarded, and he only filed the claim to try and save his own life.

    ''I'm sorry for what I did. I paid for what I did after 24 plus years on death row. But I'm not getting off death row,'' Lorraine said at the time, peering through dark horn-rimmed eyeglasses after the hearing.

    When Lorraine tried to withdraw his claim, Watkins insisted on a ruling to prevent any further holdups on Lorraine's appeal leading to an execution.

    3 different experts, including one selected by Lorraine's own attorneys, found the killer to not be mentally retarded.

    Under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, after a successful Atkins appeal, mentally retarded death row inmates are not eligible for execution.

    The IQ cutoff was set at a score of 70, according to the Supreme Court case. Original trial records showed Lorraine's IQ scores as 83 in first grade, 85 in third grade, 73 in sixth grade and 75 at age 20.

    Lorraine is one of seven Trumbull County killers facing execution and one of three who tried to use the mental retardation issue to try to spare their lives. The two other inmates - Danny Lee Hill and Andre Williams - were unsuccessful in their claims and appeals of those claims so far. Three Trumbull death row inmates - Jason Getsy, Kenneth Biros and Roderick Davie - have been executed.

    Watkins said Tuesday that he is relieved that multiple killers are finally realizing their punishment. He said Stanley Adams, another multiple killer, and a death row inmate could be the next killer to receive an execution date.

    (Source: The Tribune Chronicle)

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    Clemency hearing set for December 13, 2011

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    Lorraine asks for clemency

    Raymond Montgomery was a 77-year-old retired steel worker who earned Bronze Stars for his service in World War II.

    He was caring for his 80-year-old wife, Doris, in their Warren home. She was confined to a bed in the living room, afflicted by arthritis and other ailments that prevented her from moving around on her own.

    In May of 1986, the two were brutally murdered by Charles Lorraine, succumbing to multiple stab wounds from a 10-inch butcher knife. Lorraine then ransacked the home, taking money and valuables and later using the ill-gotten gain to buy a round of drinks at a local bar.

    “It’s just not right,” said Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, showing members of the state parole board gruesome images of the murder victims taken at the scene 25 years ago. “These folks did not have a chance. ... The thinking of this man, the premeditation, the audacity.”

    Lorraine faces lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility on Jan. 18 because of the crime. He’s asked the state parole board to grant him clemency and allow him to live out his life behind bars.

    That board will issue its recommendation on Dec. 21. Gov. John Kasich will have the final say on whether to grant clemency or allow Lorraine’s execution to take place as scheduled.

    Lorraine had done odd jobs for the Montgomerys and was purportedly stealing money from them before killing the couple. He admitted the crime to police and was subsequently convicted on multiple counts of aggravated murder.

    Public defenders told the parole board Tuesday that Lorraine’s “brain didn’t work right,” that he experienced a traumatic and abusive childhood and that he was convicted and sentenced to death after an ineffective defense by legal counsel.

    Lorraine’s brother and sister described a horrific family life, with a father who was addicted to drugs and sexually abused his oldest daughter and an “evil” mother who would beat her children and was more interested in playing bingo than in her kids’ medical needs.

    Lorraine and his siblings were forced to work, steal or find other ways to get money for their parents.

    Cathy Brewer, Lorraine’s oldest sister, said in recorded comments to the parole board that Lorraine started drinking and doing drugs as a child, with their parents’ knowledge and, at times, their participation.

    “Some pet owners treat their animals better than Charles and his siblings were treated,” said Aracelis Rivera, a clinical psychologist who evaluated Lorraine. “Charles and his siblings were severely abused. ... There was no intervention. There was no Children Services. There was no police.”

    Jeffrey Madden, a neuropsychologist at Ohio State University who met with Lorraine in late November, said there was evidence that the inmate had an acquired brain injury, possibly from falling out of a car or off of a roof or being beaten by a gang — all incidents that Lorraine has recounted.

    “He’s not mentally retarded,” Madden said. “We could say that he has some limited abilities. ... His memory is scrambled. ... Mr. Lorraine has had a lifetime of cognitive barriers to independent adult function.”

    Ken Murray, who was one of three public defenders working with Lorraine during his initial trial, said the case was his first involving capital punishment, and he acknowledged shortcomings in his defense, which he at one point described as “inept.”

    He also said it was difficult to interact with Lorraine.

    “It was a struggle to communicate with him,” Murray said in a recording presented to the parole board. He added, “It was like working with a 5-year-old or a 10-year-old at times. And sometimes it was even worse. He would blurt things out that he didn’t even understand when we asked him.”

    But prosecutors said legal counsel and expert witnesses called during Lorraine’s trial and subsequent legal proceedings presented comparable information about the inmate’s cognitive abilities and upbringing that was presented during Tuesday’s clemency hearing.

    “This, in my opinion, was a well-tried case,” Watkins said. “He got a fair trail and he had effective representation. ... There’s never been any better defense in any of my [death penalty] cases. ... He had more experts than most death-penalty cases get.”

    Watkins called Lorraine a con artist with a long history of anti-social and criminal behavior who has lied and exaggerated to avoid the death penalty.

    “I know Chuckie Lorraine,” he said, adding later, “I believe he is the worst of the worst.”

    Lynda Couch, a great- niece who found the murdered couple the next day, asked the parole board to allow the execution to take place.

    “I think it’s time to have closure,” she said.

    http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/dec/1...-for-clemency/

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    Parole board says Lorraine should be executed

    COLUMBUS - The state parole board says a Trumbull County man on Death Row for the brutal murder of an elderly couple 25 years ago should be executed next month as scheduled.

    The panel released its recommendation Wednesday morning after considering the clemency request from Charles Lorraine, who will face lethal injection on Jan. 18.

    Gov. John Kasich will have final say in the matter.

    Lorraine was sentenced to death in the knifing deaths of Raymond and Doris Montgomery, the latter of whom was confined to a bed at the time of the killing. Lorraine stabbed both multiple times before ransacking their Warren home and using the money he stole to buy drinks for friends at a bar.

    Public defenders have argued that Lorraine displays evidence of a traumatic brain injury that has affected his thinking abilities and judgment. They also say his original legal counsel provided an inept defense that led to the death penalty over a lengthy prison sentence.

    http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/dec/2...uld-be-exe/?nw

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    Gov. denies clemency for Trumbull County murderer

    Gov. John R. Kasich denied a request for executive clemency for Charles Lorraine late Tuesday.

    Lorraine, 45, was convicted in 1986 of murdering Raymond and Doris Montgomery in Trumbull County.

    On May 6, 1986, Lorraine murdered Raymond Montgomery, 77, and Doris Montgomery, 80, in their home.

    The Montgomerys had hired Lorraine to perform tasks around their house. Lorraine stabbed the husband five times with a butcher knife and stabbed the wife, who was bed-ridden, nine times.

    Lorraine stole their money and when he spent all of the money that day, he returned to the Montgomerys' house to steal again.

    Lorraine has been on death row since Dec. 10, 1986, and is now scheduled to be executed on Jan. 18 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.

    In December, the Ohio Parole Board unanimously recommended against clemency for Lorraine.

    http://www.wkyc.com/news/state/artic...ounty-murderer

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