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June 11, 2008
Ohio Court Rules Lethal Injection Protocol Violates State Statute
From nytimes.com: "Ohio must stop using a common combination of three chemicals to execute condemned inmates because they may produce excruciating pain, a state court judge there ruled Tuesday.
"Then, in what legal experts said was a first, the judge instead ordered the state to start using a single large dose of barbiturate, common in animal euthanasia." Read the rest of the article here. [Mike Mannheimer]
June 11, 2008 in Capital Punishment | Permalink
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