CONVICTED killer Cleveland Jackson has been on death row since 2002 after he was convicted of killing two young girls following a robbery at a house in Ohio.

Jackson's execution was set for January 14 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Mansfield, but the date has since been pushed back to 2023.

What did Cleveland Jackson do?

Cleveland Jackson and his half-brother Jeronique Cunningham is accused of shooting and killing three-year-old Jala Grant and 17-year-old Leneshia Williams in Lima, Ohio.

On January 3, 2000, Jackson and Cunningham robbed the apartment of Shane Liles.

Jackson and Liles were discussing a drug transaction in the stairway of his apartment building, while Cunningham was in the apartment with five teenagers, including Grant and Williams.

Eventually, Cunningham stood up and ordered the teenagers into the kitchen, while intimidating them with a gun.

Jackson then pointed his gun at Liles and ordered him into the apartment, where the brother duo proceeded to robbing his home of drugs and money.

Jackson forced Liles into the kitchen where the five teenagers were located.

Jackson ordered Liles to give him the rest of the money to which Liles told him he gave him everything he had, that's when an angry Jackson shot him in the back.

Jackson and Cunningham then opened fire on everyone in the kitchen.

Everyone in the kitchen was shot at least once – Williams and Grant were killed.

Cunningham and Cleveland Jackson, both of Lima, Ohio, were arrested two days after the shooting.

They were both convicted of attempted murders of the surviving victims, murder of Williams and Grant, and were each separately sentenced to death.

Jackson is one of 52 other death row inmates in the United States who are living out their final days behind bars ahead of his execution.

When is his execution date?

Jackson was scheduled to be executed on January 13, 2021 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Mansfield, Ohio.

However, his execution date has been rescheduled to June 15, 2023.

How long has Jackson been on death row?

Jackson has been on death row for 18 years.

He was sentenced to death on August 5, 2002, by the Northern District of Ohio.

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