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Ohio gets a new problem on its way toward a one-drug lethal injection

By Douglas A. Berman

If Ohio official were hoping that their switch to a one-drug lethal injection protocol would end all the challenging issues with execution, the next inmate for the death chamber has reminded us all that state killing is never easy.  Specifically, as detailed in this new AP piece, which is headlined "Execution Near, Inmate Found Unconscious," condemned murderer Lawrence Reynolds has presented a new kind of problem for Ohio.  Here are the basics: Prison officials in Ohio say an inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday has been found unconscious in prison.  Prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn says Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was found unconscious about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown. Walburn says it appears Reynolds injured himself and that authorities are investigating a possible attempted overdose of pills...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).