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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio death row defendant claiming new lethal injection protocol involves “human experimentation”
Main November 22, 2009Ohio death row defendant claiming new lethal injection protocol involves "human experimentation"This local article, which is headlined "Lawyer: Ohio's lethal injection a human experiment," shows the argument…
Death Penalty
Ohio First State in the Nation to Change Lethal Injection Execution Method to Single Drug – What Are the Consequences?
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Last week, the State of Ohio announced that it was changing its method of execution from a lethal injection involving three drugs (sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride) to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How quickly will Ohio be able to get back to executions after adopting one-drug lethal injection protocol?
Main November 14, 2009How quickly will Ohio be able to get back to executions after adopting one-drug lethal injection protocol? As noted in this prior post, roughly two months after…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio adopting a new one-drug lethal injection protocol
Main November 13, 2009Ohio adopting a new one-drug lethal injection protocol Big news for lethal injection fans from my home state: as detailed in this local report, "Ohio will switch…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio having a hard time finding doctors to help with revising execution protocol
Main October 26, 2009Ohio having a hard time finding doctors to help with revising execution protocolMy local paper has this new piece, headlined "Ohio struggles to find doctors to offer…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Georgia carries out uneventful lethal injection execution
Main October 21, 2009Georgia carries out uneventful lethal injection executionAs reported in this local article, headlined "State executes pizza store killer," Georgia officials appeared to have no problem with a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New stay means Ohio executions almost certain not to resume until at least 2010
Main October 20, 2009New stay means Ohio executions almost certain not to resume until at least 2010This new New York Times article, which is headlined "Judge Delays Another Ohio Execution,"…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Lethal Injection Draws Scrutiny in Some States”
Main October 15, 2009"Lethal Injection Draws Scrutiny in Some States"The title of this post is the headline of this article from today's Wall Street Journal. Here are excerpts from an…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How will Ohio’s lethal injection review impact other state execution protocols?
Main October 12, 2009How will Ohio's lethal injection review impact other state execution protocols? The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new piece in the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Alabama able to carry out another uneventful lethal injection execution
Main October 9, 2009Alabama able to carry out another uneventful lethal injection execution Perhaps Ohio officials need to take a trip to Texas or Alabama, because these states have not…