Gary Otte is slated to die in the Ohio death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville on Sept. 13.
He was convicted of the 1992 robbery and murder of Robert Wasikowski, 61, and Sharon Kostura, 45, at their apartments in Parma.
Otte's attorneys asked for clemency, citing the fact that he was under 21 at the time he committed the murders, Cleveland.com reported.
The Ohio Parole Board in February rejected the request 11-0.
Otte's execution would be Ohio's 2nd in 3 years. Ronald Phillips was executed July 26 after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state's lethal-injection protocol.
Also on Friday, Kasich announced the execution of Raymond Tibbetts will be moved from Oct. 18 to Feb. 13, 2018. He was convicted in Hamilton County of the 1997 murders of his wife and their landlord.
The execution of William Montgomery has been moved from Jan. 3, 2018, to April 11, 2018. He was convicted in Lucas County of the 1986 murders of Debra Ogle and Cynthia Tincher.
Robert Van Hook, who was convicted in Hamilton County of the 1985 murder of David Self, will be executed on July 18, 2018, instead of Feb. 13, 2018, as originally scheduled.
The Nov. 15 2017, execution date for Alva Campbell Jr. is unchanged. He was convicted in Franklin County of the 1997 murder of Charles Dials, whom he had taken hostage after assaulting a sheriff's deputy and stealing her pistol.
Also unchanged is the Sept. 13, 2018, execution date for Cleveland Jackson. He was convicted in Allen County of the 2002 murder of Lenishia Williams, 17, during a robbery.
Source: Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 3, 2017
Ohio governor reschedules 19 upcoming executions
Gov. John Kasich has rescheduled executions for 19 condemned killers on Ohio's death row.
The reprieves granted by Kasich push most executions previously scheduled over the next several years forward by a few months. The latest is now set for April 21, 2022.
Kasich said Friday he adjusted the schedule following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this summer upholding Ohio's 3-drug lethal injection process.
The governor says the goal is ensuring that executions are carried out in a humane and professional fashion.
On Friday Kasich also rejected a clemency request by death row inmate Gary Otte, scheduled to die Sept. 13 for killing 2 people in Parma in suburban Cleveland in 1992.
Source: Daily Journal, Sept. 3, 2017
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