USA (Ohio): Further information: Governor grants reprieve from execution, Abdul Hamin Awkal

Index Number: AMR 51/043/2012
Date Published: 7 June 2012
Categories: USA

The Governor of Ohio has granted a two-week reprieve to a Lebanese national with mental illness who was facing execution on 6 June. The reprieve is to allow a court more time to examine the question of whether the inmate is “competent” for execution.