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Deborah Denno on the Ohio Lethal Injection Ruling

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Here is Fordham Law School Professor Deborah Denno's initial thoughts on today's ruling:Rivera is a sophisticated and strongly worded opinion in which the court makes clear that an adequate dose of sodium thiopental (or other like anesthetic) is sufficient for a constitutionally acceptable death according to Ohio?s statutory requirements that lethal injection ?quickly and painlessly cause[s] death.?  The court also states that pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride can lead to ?an unnecessary and arbitrary risk that the condemned will experience an agonizing and painful death.?  This highly significant post-Baze case stands out because it is the first time a judge has ordered that a state carry out its lethal injection executions using an anesthetic-only procedure...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).