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End Capital Punishment in America

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an editorial in today's Aurora Sentinel in Colorado.  LINK After Tuesday?s gruesome blunder associated with executing people accused of committing the country?s most heinous crimes, it?s clear America must chart a path away from killing suspects for revenge.Ohio officials botched the intravenous execution of Romell Broom, who raped and stabbed to death a 14-year-old girl in 1984.Executioners tried unsuccessfully for two hours to find a vein to start an injection that would carry lethal drugs to Broom?s body. After repeated attempts, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland postponed the execution for a week.The stories are becoming all too common. Prison officials dig for up to an hour for veins. In one fairly recent instance, the IV came out, spewing lethal drugs in the direction of witnesses...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).