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Inmate dies making double obscene gesture at execution

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — A man who fatally shot his three sons while they slept in 1982, shortly after his wife filed for divorce, was executed Tuesday with each of his hands clenched in an obscene gesture.

Reginald Brooks of East Cleveland died at 2:04 p.m., ending a nearly six-month break in the use of capital punishment in Ohio, which often trails only Texas in the number of annual inmate executions.  More   PrisonerPal.com   True Crime Today  Magazine Subscriptions for Prisoners since 1975