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David M. Brewer (April 22 1959 – April 29 2003) was the ninth person executed by the state of Ohio since it reinstated the death penalty in 1981. Brewer died by lethal injection on April 29 2003 after spending 17 years and six months on death row. He was convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of Sherry Byrne the wife of a college fraternity brother.After his indictment by a grand jury Brewer waived his right to a jury and elected to be tried by a three-judge panel.