By: The opinion
November 16 of this year was the scheduled date for the execution of Keith LaMar, an inmate who has spent more than 30 years on death row in a prison in Ohio, United States; however, the measure was postponed until January 2027 due to a lack of lethal injections, state authorities announced.
“The new date for execution has been passed to January 13, 2027,” said a statement from the Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWinewhich bases its decision on “issues of pharmaceutical providers’ willingness to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.”
This information is not so surprising, since last April, the governor reported that the executions scheduled for August could not take place until 2026.
The problem, according to AFP, is that a growing number of Pharmaceutical companies refuse to manufacture the lethal injection given to death row inmates.
Lamar remained in prison after killing an old friend over a drug dispute at age 19. Subsequently he was convicted after killing nine of his colleagues and a security guard during a prison riot in 1993.
At that time, he alleged that his trial was full of irregularities such as the destruction of evidence and the concealment of exculpatory information. His lawyers argue that the only evidence against him came from inmates that authorities never corroborated, and that further evidence of his innocence was withheld.
“Three years can go by in the blink of an eye, so let’s redouble our efforts, energy to finally resolve this madness once and for all,” LaMar said in a message sent to AFP, thanking those who support it. He also thanked those who injected him with “faith and the belief that the best things are still possible.”
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