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Dying in Vein

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a Newsweek Web Exclusive written by Krista Gesaman.  It's subtitled, "Is subjecting an inmate to a failed execution cruel and unusual punishment?"Can a vein save a convicted killer? It the case of Romell Broom?it might. Broom was sentenced to death for raping and murdering 14-year-old Tryna Middleton on Sept. 21, 1984. Broom isn't supposed to be alive to witness the 25th anniversary of Middleton's death?but he is. Last Tuesday, the execution team at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility spent several hours trying unsuccessfully to find a viable vein for a lethal injection. Now, Ohio is faced with the difficult task of determining whether it can try to execute Broom a second time, after it botched the first attempt...continue to full post

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