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Biros Executed in Ohio Using 1-Drug Lethal Injection

By Steve Hall

The initial AP report is, "Ohio executes inmate with 1-drug lethal injection."Ohio has executed a convicted killer through the first U.S. lethal injection using a single drug, a longer but supposedly less painful method than previous executions with three drugs. Kenneth Biros (BY'-rohs) was pronounced dead at 11:47 Tuesday, about 43 minutes minutes after he entered the death house at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.Ohio changed its execution method from three drugs to a single anesthetic following a failed attempt at putting a different inmate to death in September. Other states still use a combination of three drugs. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has posted, "Kenneth Biros becomes first inmate executed using single-drug method," by Aaron Marshall...continue to full post

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