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Notable reactions in national and local papers in response to Ohio's "unexecuted"

By Douglas A. Berman

Both the New York Times and the Columbus Dispatch have fascinating articles with lots of notable quotes concerning Ohio's difficulty on Tuesday trying to execute Romell Broom via lethal injection.  First, this NYT article under the headline "Ohio Plans to Try Again as Execution Goes Wrong," includes these notable quotes:  [Broom's] lawyers described what happened Tuesday as torture and said they would try to block the execution. One of them, Adele Shank, said: ?He survived this execution attempt, and they really can?t do it again. It was cruel and unusual punishment.? Ms. Shank watched Tuesday?s procedure on closed-circuit television. ?I could see him on the screen,? she said, ?and it was apparent to me that he was wincing with pain.? The Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday that the state must abolish lethal injection...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).