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Ohio Execution

By Steve Hall

"Ohio executes inmate using single drug," is Rob Stein's post at the Washington Post. Ohio executed an inmate Thursday with only one drug, previously used primarily to euthanize animals, marking the first time anyone in the United States had been put to death in that manner. Johnnie Baston, 37, was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, after receiving an infusion of the drug pentobarbital. His attorney and two brothers witnessed the execution, along with five reporters. Baston was sentenced to death for the 1994 killing of Chong Mah, 53, a Toledo store owner. The execution comes after capital punishment in the United States was thrown in disarray in January when the only U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 10, 2011 (boomark / email).