Ohio executed by lethal injection a man convicted of a 1985 murder and mutilation on Wednesday, in the state's third execution since it lifted a temporary halt last year on carrying out death sentences. Robert Van Hook, 58, was pronounced dead at 10:44 a.m. EDT , said JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Robert Van Hook, convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing David Self in 1985 after meeting him in a Cincinnati bar.
Ohio child killer Ronald Phillips is set to become the state's first execution in more than three years on Wednesday. Phillips, 43, is scheduled to die at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
Ohio is preparing to put a condemned child killer to death in the state's first execution in more than three years. Forty-three-year-old Ronald Phillips is scheduled to die Wednesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
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In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at an Ohio prison. COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday over the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection process as the state tries to start carrying out executions once again.