OHIO EXECUTES BYRD--Rev. James Gebhart and Michel Coconis join a group, of about 50, to protest the execution of John Byrd Jr., on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002. Byrd was executed this morning, by lethal injection, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, in Lucasville. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

OHIO EXECUTES BYRD--With the reflection of the Ohio Statehouse seen in the windows of the Huntington Bank Bldg., a group of about 50 anti-death penality proponents gather to protest the execution of John Byrd Jr., on the grounds of the capital, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002. Byrd was executed this morning, by lethal injection, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, in Lucasville. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

OHIO EXECUTES BYRD--Winifred Wirth joins a group, of about 50, to protest the execution of John Byrd Jr., on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002. Byrd was executed this morning, by lethal injection, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, in Lucasville. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)