Ohio Executes One-Time Neo-Nazi Who Killed 3
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- Ohio has executed a one-time neo-Nazi who shot to death two men and a teen more than a quarter century ago on the campus of Cleveland State University in a shooting spree that targeted blacks.
Frank Spisak was pronounced dead Thursday morning following an injection of sodium thiopental at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
The 59-year-old Spisak set the Ohio record for the longest time on death row before execution, at more than 27 years.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was also the last Ohio inmate to die by sodium thiopental, the scarce drug the state is giving up in favor of a more readily available substitute.
Spisak blamed the 1982 shootings on his hatred of gays, blacks and Jews and on his mental illness related to confusion about his sexual identity.