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Deborah Denno on the Ohio Execution

By Steve Hall

Fordham Law professor Deborah Denno, an expert on lethal injection issues, had this initial reaction to the Ohio execution:The good news is that Ohio did not use a paralytic agent during the execution process in the way that Ohio and other states have in the past.  All lethal injection states should likewise abandon the use of a three-drug procedure.  But serious concerns remain with Ohio?s execution procedure.  First, IV access is still a problem and appeared to be a problem for Mr. Biros as well given that technicians tried  nine times to get IV access to his left arm.  Second, it is inevitable that Ohio?s controversial backup plan will be used at some point and the drugs and procedure for that back-up plan have never been investigated for any execution process...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 08, 2009 (boomark / email).