COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says a death row inmate who survived an overdose of pills likely saved up medication that had been prescribed for him.
The governor acknowledged to reporters on Tuesday that his view of what happened to Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was speculation, but Strickland noted he was speculating from his position as a former prison psychologist.
Convicted killer Reynolds was to have been executed Tuesday, but he was found unconscious in his cell Sunday night and was hospitalized. Strickland delayed the execution one week.
Prison officials have not identified the drug Reynolds took.
The governor calls it "ironic" that the state worked to keep Reynolds alive when he was scheduled to be executed, but Strickland says that's Ohio's obligation.
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