COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued execution reprieves for three death row inmates on Friday.
In a statement, DeWine said he issued reprieves for Keith LaMar, Scott Group, and Davel Chinn, all of whom were set to be executed early next year.
LaMar was scheduled to be executed on Jan. 13, 2027. He was convicted of aggravated murder for the deaths of five inmates during a 1993 riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Institution in Lucasville. He received the death penalty for four of the killings. His new execution date is Jan. 13, 2030. Watch the latest NBC4 headlines in the video player above.
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Group was scheduled to be executed on Feb. 13, 2027. Authorities said Group was a delivery man to the Downtown Bar in Youngstown when, on Jan. 18, 1997, he forced bar owners Robert and Sandra Lozier into the bar restroom and shot both of them in the head; Group then stole more than $1,200 in cash, court documents said. He is now scheduled to be executed on Feb. 13, 2030…