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Condemned Ohio inmate claims tolerance to lethal drug could deny him painless execution

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAssociated Press Writer9:53 AM EDT, May 9, 2010COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? A condemned Ohio inmate who fatally shot a man while hitchhiking claims his tolerance to a lethal injection drug could deprive him of a painless execution.Death row inmate Michael Beuke (BYOO'-kee), scheduled to die Thursday, argues in court papers he has developed a tolerance to one of the drugs used in Ohio's backup injection method.Beuke says a barbiturate he takes for a seizure disorder could limit the effectiveness of midazolam, the first drug called for in the backup method which injects drugs into muscles.Beuke made his claim Friday in federal court in Columbus.The 48-year-old Beuke was sentenced to die for the 1983 murder of Robert Craig, a driver he shot while hitchhiking in southwest Ohio.continue to full post

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