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This undated photo provided by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office shows Larry McGowan. McGowan, 38, who is serving an 11-year sentence for sexual assault, was indicted Friday, May 2, 2014 in five cold case rapes and a murder charge involving one of the victims, after authorities say he was connected to the cases through DNA testing. (AP Photo/Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office)
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In this Friday, May 2, 2014 photo, John Deloney, center, stands with his defense attorneys, Tim McKenna, left, and Perry Ancona during a hearing in Hamilton County court in Cincinatti. Attorneys for 28-year-old John Deloney of Cincinnati argued Friday in Hamilton County court that their client should be declared "mentally retarded" under Ohio law. Ohio law uses the term to define anyone with an IQ below 70. Those who fall into the category are ineligible for the death penalty. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that an agitated Deloney told the judge in the case that he's not mentally disabled and demanded that his trial start immediately. Deloney has pleaded not guilty to capital murder in the June 15, 2013, fatal shooting and robbery of Richard Evans at the Cincinnati pizzeria he owned. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Kimball Perry) NO SALES
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FILE - In this April 30, 2014 file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, front, issues a statement to the media on the Execution of Clayton Lockett as Oklahoma Secretary of Safety and Security Michael C. Thompson, back, listens from the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City. The botched execution of Lockett, and the gruesome details of him writhing and moaning before dying of a heart attack, has outraged death penalty opponents, raised the potential of more court challenges and received international attention. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams, File)
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FILE - This June 29, 2011 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, shows Clayton Lockett. The botched execution of Lockett, and the gruesome details of him writhing and moaning before dying of a heart attack, has outraged death penalty opponents, raised the potential of more court challenges and received international attention. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2010 file photo, an exonerated Anthony Graves speaks at a news conference in Houston. Graves spent 18 years on death row after being convicted of killing six people in South Texas based on a co-defendant false testimony. Freed in 2010, Graves has spoken widely about his experience and the need to abolish the death penalty. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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FILE - In this March 18, 2009, file photo, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signs the repeal of the death penalty in his office in Santa Fe, N.M., while Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, looks on. Richardson has since campaigned against the death penalty in other states. He described meeting with several exonerated death row inmates. There are more than 140 nationwide, as well as families of victims and law enforcement officials. (AP Photo/Jane Phillips, The New Mexican, File)
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FILE - State Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, is shown in this Jan. 30, 2013, file photo, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Lawmakers entered this year’s legislative session looking to further crack down on bullying in Iowa schools, a priority for Gov. Terry Branstad. The so-called Bully-Free Iowa Act of 2014 failed when the House cleared a version removing a provision meant to untie the hands of school officials in bullying cases off school grounds as they affect students on campus. The Senate refused to take up the altered plan, as Hogg, a Cedar Rapids Democrat, says that aspect of the legislation was “the single most important thing to do.” (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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FILE - State Rep. Quentin Stanerson, R-Center Point, is shown in this Jan. 29, 2013, file photo at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Lawmakers entered this year’s legislative session looking to further crack down on bullying in Iowa schools, a priority for Gov. Terry Branstad. The so-called Bully-Free Iowa Act of 2014 failed when the House cleared a version removing a provision meant to untie the hands of school officials in bullying cases off school grounds as they affect students on campus. The Senate refused to take up the altered plan, as Sen. Rob Hogg, a Cedar Rapids Democrat, says that aspect of the legislation was “the single most important thing to do.” Stanerson, a Center Point Republican, says the plan could only move forward without the provision. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
