Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP File Photo( Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP File Photo )COLUMBUS, OHIO—A condemned Ohio killer who survived a 2009 botched execution is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that a second attempt to put him to death would be unconstitutional. A divided Ohio Supreme Court rejected Broom’s arguments in March. Broom’s attorneys appealed that ruling earlier this month to the U.S. Supreme Court and filed notice of that appeal on Monday with the state court. The state stopped Broom’s execution after two hours when executioners failed to find a usable vein following 18 attempts to insert needles. The 60-year-old Broom is only the second inmate in U.S. history to survive an attempted execution.

Source: thestar August 23, 2016 13:41 UTC