Survivor on Death Row, a new e‑book co-authored by death row inmate Romell Broom and Clare Nonhebel, tells the sto­ry of Ohio​’s botched attempt to exe­cute Broom by lethal injec­tion in 2009. In September of that year, Broom was read­ied for exe­cu­tion and placed on the gur­ney, but the pro­ce­dure was ter­mi­nat­ed after cor­rec­tions offi­cials spent over two hours attempt­ing to find a suit­able vein for the lethal injec­tion. Broom was removed from the death cham­ber and has remained on death row ever since. In the book, Broom dis­cuss­es his trou­bled child­hood and his life of over 25 years on death row, includ­ing his repeat­ed requests for new DNA test­ing and a new legal team. Broom has always main­tained his inno­cence. Jon Snow, a reporter for Channel 4 News in England, called the book ​“A hor­ri­fy­ing sto­ry embrac­ing all the evils of the death penal­ty. Bad foren­sics, dodgy DNA, awful lawyers, ren­der this a must-read.”

(R. Broom and C. Nonhebel, ​“Survivor on Death Row” (2012); post­ed by DPIC on October 12, 2012). See Botched Executions and Resources on Romell Broom​’s case.

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