Shortly before 10:30 yesterday morning, Richard Cooey was pronounced dead. Cooey has been sitting on Ohio's death row for more than two decades convicted of the 1986 murder of two University of Akron students. Akron Beacon Journal reporter Phil Trexler was one of a group of reporters that traveled to Lucasville to witness the execution. He spoke with ideastream®'s Eric Wellman about the last few minutes of Richard Cooey's life.
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