KEEPING HIS FINGERS CROSSED--Ohio Public Defender Greg Meyers, chief of the Death Penality Division, speaks with reporters following the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley to stay the execution of Wilfred Berry, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Feb. 27, 1998. Although pleased with the court's decision, Meyers said that he would spend the weekend preparing his defense for a State appeal to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court in Cincinnati. Berry,who is called "the volunteer," is scheduled to die by lethal injection on March 3, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, in Lucasville. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

THE ANTI-TAXMAN--Scott Pullins, Executive Director of the National Taxpayers Union of Ohio, stands alone during a news conference held by educational groups in opposition to State Issue 2--the one-cent sales tax, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, March 27, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

WAITING TO TESTIFY--Roland Sykes, of Dayton, Ohio, waits to testify during a public hearing of the Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 9, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PAROLE BOARD UNJUST--Native American Damian Alexander hangs a sign on the McKinley Monument, during a protest regarding the extradition of Little Rock Reed, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, June 29, 1998. The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned a New Mexico Supreme Court decision which blocked extradition of Reed back to Ohio for a violation of his parole. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

WHO'S WATCHING WHO?--Mark Burger, a member of the group COP WATCH, tapes a anti police brutality rally at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998. Burger said that he covered his face because he fears police retaliation. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)