Keith LaMar, convicted for the deaths of five inmates during the 1993 Southern Ohio Correctional Institution riot, has had his execution date rescheduled. Originally slated for November 16, 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court has delayed the execution to January 13, 2027. LaMar received the death penalty for four of the killings. His legal team contends that the evidence against him relies solely on uncorroborated inmate testimony, and that exculpatory evidence has been suppressed. This delay occurs amidst an ongoing, unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in Ohio due to the state's difficulties in procuring lethal injection drugs from pharmaceutical companies. The state's execution schedule now extends into late 2026.

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