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Federal Judge OKs Ohio Execution Method

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That's the title of Alan Johnson's report in the Columbus Dispatch.  It's subtitled, "Prisoner didn't prove it is painful."Ohio's lethal-injection system is flawed but not unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled, clearing the way for at least one and possibly more executions. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost said yesterday that convicted killer Kenneth Biros had not sufficiently made his case that Ohio's three-drug execution process would cause extreme pain, rendering it cruel and unusual punishment and thus unconstitutional. The ruling means prosecutors can seek a new execution date for Biros. Other Death Row inmates also joined Biros' case in hopes of obtaining stays of execution. Biros, 50, was scheduled to be executed on Jan...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).