FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Romell Broom, whose 2009 botched execution was called off after two hours. Broom is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that a second attempt to put him to death would be unconstitutional. A divided Ohio Supreme Court rejected Broom’s arguments in March 2016. Broom's attorneys appealed that ruling earlier in August to the U.S. Supreme Court and filed notice of that appeal on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, with the state court. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

Ohio inmate who survived ’09 execution appeals to high court

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A condemned Ohio killer who survived a 2009 botched execution is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that a second attempt to put him to death would be unconstitutional.

Lawyers for death row inmate Romell Broom argue that giving the state prisons agency a second chance would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy.

A divided Ohio Supreme Court rejected Broom’s arguments in March. Broom’s attorneys appealed that ruling earlier this month to the U.S. Supreme Court and filed notice of that appeal on Monday with the state court.

The state stopped Broom’s execution after two hours when executioners failed to find a usable vein following 18 attempts to insert needles.

The 60-year-old Broom is only the second inmate in U.S. history to survive an attempted execution.

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