Rocky Barton
Rocky Barton, 49, was executed by lethal injection on July 12, 2006, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Before his death he gave an interview and a final statement addressed to his wife's son and two daughters. He said he deserved to die and gave up his appeals. Ohio prisons director Terry Collins said staff set two injection sites and the process went smoothly, the first Ohio execution under new injection guidelines adopted after the May execution of Joseph Clark was delayed when staff struggled to find a usable vein.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (prisons director Terry Collins) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.