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Ohio Supreme Court asked to stay next scheduled execution in wake of botched attempt

By Douglas A. Berman

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As detailed in this AP article, the Ohio death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed (for the first time) next week has today "asked the Ohio Supreme Court to delay his upcoming execution in light of problems with the state's last scheduled lethal injection." Here are the basics: Attorneys for Lawrence Reynolds fileda motion with the state's highest court Monday, days after a similar filing with a federal appeals court. Reynolds' execution scheduled for Oct. 8 would be the first since the state's unsuccessful attempt at putting Romell Broom to death on Sept. 15.... Reynolds' lawyers argue that Ohio's lethal injection system should be investigated before he goes to the death chamber. UPDATE: This local coverage, headlined "Freeze on lethal injections sought: Courts are asked for a moratorium after IV problems," starts this way: The ghosts of problem executions past combined with an aborted attempt two weeks ago are haunting state prison officials as death-penalty foes argue that Ohio's lethal injections should be halted, at least temporarily...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 28, 2009 (boomark / email).