Tim McGinty

It failed, and nobody can say when or even whether that sentence will af- ever actually be completed.

Yeah, I wanna thank, um, former judge, former prosecutor Tim McGinty for suggesting we look at Romell Broom.

There are a couple things about that case that, that I don't know if they were ever proven, but, but prosecutors believe Broom, in the time leading up to his execution, had dehydrated himself and then bought a bunch of antihistamines through the, uh, the commissary and taken them-

Hmm

The bargain spared his life from the execution chamber, but sealed his fate to state custody.

On November 9th, 2023, Matthew Potamarenko appeared in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas before visiting Judge Timothy J. McGinty.

The sentencing hearing was volatile.

Potamarenko entered the courtroom agitated, shouting profanities, and interrupting the proceedings before a heated exchange with the victim's family forced a 25-minute recess.