COLUMBUS (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned Ohio inmate suffering from poor health say they’re disappointed with Gov. John Kasich’s decision to deny clemency.
Federal public defender David Stebbins says attorneys had hoped Kasich would seriously consider death row prisoner Alva Campbell’s health problems and poor veins, which could affect the placement of an IV for lethal injection.
Stebbins said Thursday the result could be a spectacle of the 69-year-old Campbell being transported to the execution gurney in a wheelchair followed by difficulties finding a vein.
Stebbins said Campbell is an old and frail man who isn’t a threat to anyone.
The 69-year-old Campbell is scheduled for execution Nov. 15 for killing a teenage boy in a two-decade-old carjacking during an attempted escape from police custody in Columbus.