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    9 Ohio executions rescheduled while state appeals lethal injection decision

    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Execution dates for nine death row inmates have been delayed while the state continues its appeal of a court decision blocking use of its lethal injection protocol.

    Nine executions were pushed back in a revised schedule released Monday by Gov. John Kasich. The next execution, of Akron child killer Ronald Phillips, was rescheduled for July 26.

    On Jan. 26, a federal magistrate judge found the state's three-drug injection cocktail to be unconstitutional and stayed the next three executions. A three-judge panel for the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court and kept the stay in place.

    The full Cincinnati appeals court last week agreed to rehear the state's appeal. A hearing has been set for June 14.

    The state had planed to execute Phillips and Gary Otte, who killed two people to death in back-to-back robberies in Parma, before that date. Otte's execution was moved to Sept. 13.

    The state has scheduled 33 executions through March 2021.

    Other execution dates rescheduled Monday:

    Raymond Tibbetts of Hamilton County, from July 26 to Oct. 18.

    Alva Campbell, Jr. of Franklin County, from Sept. 13 to Nov. 15.

    William Montgomery of Lucas County, from Oct. 18 Jan. 3, 2018.

    Robert Van Hook of Hamilton County, from Nov. 15 to Feb. 13, 2018.

    John Stumpf of Guernsey County, from Jan. 3, 2018 to Nov. 14

    Warren Henness of Franklin County, from Feb. 13, 2018 to March 14.

    Douglas Coley of Lucas County, from March 14, 2018 to Sept. 18, 2019.

    The state is defending its new lethal-injection drug combination of midazolam, rocuronium bromide and potassium chloride last October. Magistrate Judge Michael Merz of Dayton wrote that that use of midazolam as the first drug will create a "substantial risk of serious harm" or an "objectively intolerable risk of harm."

    Executions have been on hold since January 2014, when killer Dennis McGuire took 25 minutes to die after receiving a never-before-tried two-drug cocktail that also began with midazolam. Witnesses said he appeared to gasp several times during his execution and made loud snorting or snoring sounds.

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    Robert Van Hook, sentenced to die for fatally strangling and stabbing David Self, whom he met in a bar in Cincinnati in 1985, has had his execution date changed from February 13, 2018, to July 18, 2018.

    http://www.register-herald.com/regio...787499a32.html
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    Has Van Hook got a clemency hearing date yet?
    Violence and death seem to be the only answers that some people understand.

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    Should be late this week!

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    Condemned Ohio man blames killing on 'homosexual panic'

    By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
    The Associated Press

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – A condemned killer is asking the Ohio Parole Board for mercy, saying he experienced a "homosexual panic" of self-revulsion before killing a man he picked up at a bar more than 30 years ago.

    Death row inmate Robert Van Hook was sentenced to die for fatally strangling and stabbing David Self in Cincinnati in 1985. Van Hook fled to Florida afterward, where he was arrested and confessed.

    At the time of the killing, Van Hook was suffering from long-term effects of untreated mental, physical and sexual abuse as a child and was depressed that his life seemed to be falling apart, his attorneys argue.

    He also was "troubled by increasing questions about his own sexual identity," his federal public defenders said in a May 17 filing with the parole board.

    They also said he was improperly questioned by a Cincinnati police detective after he was arrested in Florida, and should have been provided an attorney.

    The parole board planned to hear arguments on Thursday for and against Van Hook's clemency request. Republican Gov. John Kasich has the final say. Van Hook's execution is set for July 18.

    Prosecutors dismiss Van Hook's "panic" claim as nonsense, saying he made a practice of luring gay men to apartments to rob them.

    "This is a man who had cynically manipulated homosexuals for years. He posed as a gay; he frequented bars that were gay and he preyed on vulnerable victims who were gay," the Hamilton County prosecutor's office said in a Tuesday filing with the board.

    Prosecutors also note Van Hook has an extensive history of violence while incarcerated, including stabbing a fellow death row inmate in November.

    The so-called "gay" or "homosexual panic" defense has come under fire in recent years. Five years ago, the American Bar Association urged governments to pass laws limiting the defense, saying a victim's sexual orientation or gender identity should not be blamed for a criminal defendant's violent reaction.

    Earlier this year, Illinois became the second state after California to prohibit the defense. The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to ban it.

    Authorities say Van Hook, 56, met Self at the Subway Bar in downtown Cincinnati on Feb. 18, 1985. After a couple of hours they went to Self's apartment where Van Hook strangled the 25-year-old Self to unconsciousness, stabbed him multiple times in the neck and then cut his abdomen open and stabbed his internal organs, according to court records. Van Hook stole a leather jacket and necklaces before fleeing, records say.

    The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Van Hook's death sentence in 2009.

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/24...ual-panic.html
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    Ohio Parole Board to rule on mercy for condemned killer

    COLUMBUS — The Ohio Parole Board is set to rule on a request for mercy by a condemned killer facing execution in July.

    Attorneys for death row inmate Robert Van Hook are asking that their client be spared, citing a history of severe childhood emotional and physical abuse and untreated mental illness. The board will make its recommendation on Friday.

    Van Hook is scheduled to die on July 18 for strangling and stabbing David Self in Cincinnati in 1985.

    Prosecutors say courts have fairly considered Van Hook's childhood and mental health claims previously and there are no grounds for sparing him.

    The parole board heard arguments last week for and against Van Hook's clemency request. Republican Gov. John Kasich has the final say.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cin.../amp/663045002
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    Board rejects mercy for killer citing abuse, mental illness

    BY ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended against mercy for a death row inmate whose attorneys cite a history of physical and emotional abuse and untreated mental illness that led to him killing a man he picked up at a bar more than 30 years ago.

    The board's 8-1 decision came in the case of death row inmate Robert Van Hook, sentenced to die for fatally strangling and stabbing David Self in Cincinnati in 1985. Van Hook fled to Florida, where he was arrested and confessed.

    The board said that despite Van Hook's tough childhood, he was shown love and support by relatives he stayed with for long periods as a child. But that positive influence doesn't outweigh the "gratuitous violence" Van Hook demonstrated, the ruling said.

    The board also expressed concern about Hook's violent prison record, including a November 2017 attack on a fellow death row inmate that sent the prisoner to the hospital.

    Arguments that Van Hook's background led to his violent nature "is belied by his ability to largely refrain from violent behavior in the years leading up to the crime," the board added.

    A message was left with Van Hook's attorneys seeking comment.

    At the time of the killing, Van Hook was suffering from long-term effects of untreated mental, physical and sexual abuse as a child and was depressed that his life seemed to be falling apart, his attorneys have argued.

    He also was "troubled by increasing questions about his own sexual identity," his federal public defenders said in a May 17 filing with the parole board.

    They also said he was improperly questioned by a Cincinnati police detective after he was arrested in Florida, and should have been provided an attorney.

    Previous attorneys representing Van Hook attempted a "homosexual panic" claim in his defense, or the idea that self-revulsion over sexual identity confusion contributed to a violent outburst. Van Hook's current lawyers say that was misguided, and overlooked his diagnoses of borderline personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder from his childhood.

    Seizing on that claim, prosecutors have dismissed the idea as nonsense, saying Van Hook made a practice of luring gay men to apartments to rob them.

    "This is a man who had cynically manipulated homosexuals for years. He posed as a gay; he frequented bars that were gay and he preyed on vulnerable victims who were gay," the Hamilton County prosecutor's office said in a May 22 filing with the board.

    Authorities say Van Hook, 56, met Self at the Subway Bar in downtown Cincinnati on Feb. 18, 1985. After a couple of hours they went to Self's apartment where Van Hook strangled the 25-year-old Self to unconsciousness, stabbed him multiple times in the neck and then cut his abdomen open and stabbed his internal organs, according to court records. Van Hook stole a leather jacket and necklaces before fleeing, records say.

    While separate federal courts have ruled in favor of a retrial for Van Hook, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his conviction and death sentence in 2009.

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    Wooh! Maybe Kasich will finally learn his boundaries on this one.
    Violence and death seem to be the only answers that some people understand.

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    Kasich isn't going to interfere with this one. Montgomery's commutation isn't indicative of clemency in other cases. Ohio's birthday gift to me will almost certainly proceed as scheduled.
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    Here’s to a second reason to mark July 18 on the calendar, then.
    Violence and death seem to be the only answers that some people understand.

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