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Sister Helen Prejean was a surprise to her audience in a couple of ways -
the Louisiana-accented humor in a deep and smoky drawl - but her message was the one she carries throughout her extensive speaking
schedule:eliminate the death penalty. North Dakota, she noted, "is one of
12 enlightened states that does not have the death penalty."

Family of one Benner victim wants to lift limits on who can view death

By Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer

Just before Glenn Benner II was executed Tuesday morning, he apologized to the families of the two Northeast Ohio women he raped and murdered.

The State of Ohio executed an Akron man Tuesday morning for raping and strangling a woman he grew up with and a woman he met at a concert in a five-month spree of assaults while on drugs.

Convicted killer dines on bacon cheeseburgers as he awaits execution

By Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer

LUCASVILLE - Condemned killer Glenn Benner II spent his final evening munching an all-American meal of cheeseburgers, blueberry pie and ice cream, while visiting with family and friends in Ohio's death house.
By 10:30 this morning, Benner will likely be dead.