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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county prosecutor on Saturday asked Ohio to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of an inmate whose execution, scheduled for Wednesday, has been delayed.
Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins sent a letter urging Gov. John Kasich to ask Ohio’s attorney general to appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of Charles Lorraine, who was condemned for killing a Trumbull County couple in 1986. Watkins argued that the federal courts have wrongly interfered with Ohio executions.
Two federal courts agreed with Lorraine’s contention that Ohio broke its promise to adhere strictly to its execution procedures.
