Reginald Brooks of East Cleveland was executed at 2:04 p.m. Tuesday. He declined to make a final statement and remained silent. At 66, Brooks is the oldest person put to death since Ohio resumed executions in 1999. Prosecutors acknowledged Brooks was mentally ill but disputed the notions that it caused the murders or made him incompetent. Defense attorneys argued that prosecutors withheld information that would have supported a mental health defense and led the court to rule differently. Former Judge Harry Hanna, one of the three on the panel, told the Ohio Parole Board he would not have voted for the death penalty if he'd had information from police reports that were provided to the defense more recently. May he rest in peace.
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