Romell Broom
Romell Broom, 64, was held on Ohio's death row when he died on December 28, 2020. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said he died of suspected complications from COVID-19 and placed him on its probable Covid list pending his death certificate. In September 2009, executioners spent about two hours trying to find a vein for a lethal injection before the attempt was called off, and he was returned to death row. His lawyers said he lived with fear and distress after that failed attempt, and that he spent his last days on death row.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said he likely died of complications from a probable COVID-19 infection.
Reported by: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
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