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More Commentary on the Ohio Botch

By Steve Hall

CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen writes, "Can Ohio Execute the Same Man Twice?" on his CourtWatch blog.  Here's an extended excerpt:The grisly details surrounding Broom's failed execution?which read like an outtake from the movie "The Green Mile" or a transcript from a torture probe-- remind us that the United States Supreme Court did not come remotely close last year to fixing the many problems that still surround lethal injection in America. It's true that the Justices upheld Kentucky's lethal injection procedures. But those measures are different from the procedures in place in Ohio, a state that consistently has had problems over the past few years ensuring that its executions are swift and humane...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).