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Jay D. Scott (August 21 1952 – June 14 2001) was executed by the U.S. state of Ohio for the 1983 murder of a delicatessen owner in Cleveland. He was the second man put to death by Ohio since it reinstated the death penalty in 1981. On May 6 1983 Vinnie M. Prince owner and operator of the V & E Delicatessen in Cleveland was shot and killed during an attempted armed robbery of her establishment. An autopsy later revealed that she died from a gunshot wound of the chest.