Alva Campbell
The February 1998 trial of Alva Campbell.
![Defendant Alva Campbell puts his hands behind his back so he can be handcuffed by a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy. This was in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D after the jury left the courtroom to go on a viewing of the various places that Campbell visited on his crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2501.jpg)
Defendant Alva Campbell puts his hands behind his back so he can be handcuffed by a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy. This was in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D after the jury left the courtroom to go on a viewing of the various places that Campbell visited on his crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![Kayla Dials, sister of the murder victim (Charles Dials, AKA Charlie Dials) that Defendant Alva Campbell supposedly killed, breaks down and is comforted by her mom Arlena Hughes, left, during opening statements as prosecuting attorney Ron O' Brien describes Campbell actions in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2502-ALVACAMPBELLTRIAL.jpg)
Kayla Dials, sister of the murder victim (Charles Dials, AKA Charlie Dials) that Defendant Alva Campbell supposedly killed, breaks down and is comforted by her mom Arlena Hughes, left, during opening statements as prosecuting attorney Ron O’ Brien describes Campbell actions in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![Former Franklin County Sheriff Deputy Teresa Harrison breaks down on the witness stand as she describes how Defendant Alva Campbell beat her and took her sidearm last year as she was transferring him from the FCCC to court. Her testimony today was before a jury and Judge Connor in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2503-TERESAHARRISON.jpg)
Former Franklin County Sheriff Deputy Teresa Harrison breaks down on the witness stand February 24, 1998, as she describes how Defendant Alva Campbell beat her and took her sidearm last year as she was transferring him from the FCCC to court. Her testimony today was before a jury and Judge Connor in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![Defendant Alva Campbell sits flanked by his attorneys George Luther, left, and William Moon, right, as former Franklin County Sheriff Deputy Teresa Harrison recants of Campbell beat her and stole her service handgun last year. This was in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2504.jpg)
Defendant Alva Campbell sits flanked by his attorneys George Luther, left, and William Moon, right, as former Franklin County Sheriff Deputy Teresa Harrison recants of Campbell beat her and stole her service handgun in 1997. This was in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D February 24, 1998. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![Defendant Alva Campbell puts his hands behind his back so he can be handcuffed by a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy. This was in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D after the jury left the courtroom to go on a viewing of the various places that Campbell visited on his crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2505.jpg)
Defendant Alva Campbell puts his hands behind his back so he can be handcuffed by a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy. This was in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D February 24, 1998 after the jury left the courtroom to go on a viewing of the various places that Campbell visited on his crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![Defendant Alva Campbell talks with his attorney George Luther in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D after the jury left the courtroom. Campbell is charged with a crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2506-ALVACAMPBELL.jpg)
Defendant Alva Campbell talks with his attorney George Luther in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D February 24, 1998 after the jury left the courtroom. Campbell is charged with a crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![Defendant Alva Campbell talks with his attorney George Luther in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D after the jury left the courtroom. Campbell is charged with a crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2506.jpg)
Defendant Alva Campbell talks with his attorney George Luther in Franklin County Common Pleas Courtroom 6D February 24, 1998 after the jury left the courtroom. Campbell is charged with a crime spree last year that ended in the death of 18 year old Dials after Campbell kidnapped him in an escape attempt from a Franklin County Sheriff Deputy as he was being taken to court. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![This is a scan of a button that the family of murder victim Charles Dials (Charlie Dials) was trying to wear in court today in the case of Alva Campbell - the accused murderer. The family was told that they could not wear them in court and when I asked to photograph it the grandmother of Dials gave it to me. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224ALVIN2507CHARLIEDIALS.jpg)
This is a scan of a button that the family of murder victim Charles Dials (Charlie Dials) was trying to wear in court today in the case of Alva Campbell – the accused murderer. The family was told that they could not wear them in court and when I asked to photograph it the grandmother of Dials gave it to me February 24, 1998. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
![Head shot of Teresa Harrison. Sheriff's deputy who was involved in the Alva Campbell escape. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Fuji film using Canon F-1 & T-90 cameras with L series lenses. Digitized with Kodak RFS 2035 plus film scanners]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19980224TERESAHARRISON01.jpg)
Head shot of Teresa Harrison. Sheriff’s deputy who was involved in the Alva Campbell escape, photographed during Alva Campbell’s trial February 24, 1998. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections postponed the execution of Alva Campbell on November 15, 2017 after failing to find a viable vein for a lethal injection — but it plans to try again. Ohio Governor John Kasich said that the execution has been rescheduled to June 5, 2019.
Prison officials had been warned about Alva Campbell’s extensive health problems but said they were confident they could carry out the execution.
They provided a wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe during the procedure, but it was problems with his veins that caused the issue. The team tried for about 30 minutes to find an injection site before the execution was called off, according to media witnesses.
“It was my decision that it was not likely that we’re going to access veins,” said Gary Mohr, head of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, according to the Associated Press.
Gov. John Kasich, who rejected clemency for Campbell, will set the new execution date, according to the correction department.
Campbell, 69, is on death row for shooting 18-year-old Charles Dials in cold blood during a carjacking following his 1997 escape from custody on armed robbery charges.
Campbell, who had already served 20 years for an earlier murder, pretended he was paralyzed to stage that getaway. But his lawyers say there is nothing fake about his illnesses now.
“Campbell suffers from lung cancer, COPD, respiratory failure, prostate cancer, hip replacement, and severe pneumonia,” they wrote in a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Campbell must take oxygen treatments four times a day in order to function, and he relies on a walker for very limited mobility.”
His legal team also says he is also allergic to midazolam, the sedative Ohio uses in its lethal injection.
His medical condition sets the stage for an execution that is so excruciating that it would violate the constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment, defense lawyers argued in their briefs.
At one point during the appeals process, Campbell suggested that a firing squad would be a better alternative, but that’s not allowed under current Ohio law.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction had acknowledged it had problems finding a vein during a recent exam, and the 10 a.m. execution was delayed for about an hour Wednesday morning while officials assessed the situation.
The execution team tried to put the needle in four places before witnesses were told to leave the death chamber and Mohr announced the execution would not happen, witnesses said.
The Supreme Court had rejected Campbell’s last-ditch request for a stay of execution on Tuesday. He was also denied clemency by a parole board that was told of an abysmal upbringing rife with sexual abuse and beatings.
“It is easy to blame deceased parents or a childhood for mistakes or even crimes — but not for two separate murders committed decades apart,” Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien told the parole board.
![An America West Airbus A320 (tail number N628NW ) makes it's final approach to Port Columbus Airport Tuesday afternoon with it's front nose gear turned 90¡ the wrong way. The nose gear which should have been turned along the center line of the plane was instead turned perpendicular to the direction of travel. Although Columbus Fire Department and many of the surrounding fire departments responded to the scene with squads, medics and engine companies, the plane landed safely, and its passengers evacuated the plane via it emergency slide chutes. No one was reported injured in the incident although the plane closed one of Port Columbus's runway's for several hours until FAA investigators could examine the plane. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/19990216NGEAR02-3770.jpg?fit=65%2C80&ssl=1)
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