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Federal District Court Issues TRO in Ohio Execution Case

By Steve Hall

"Court temporarily halts 2nd execution attempt," is Stephen Majors breaking news report for AP via Google News.A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted an unprecedented second attempt at lethal injection of an Ohio inmate whose execution was halted this week after he said prison staff painfully hit muscle and bone while trying to access a suitable vein.U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost issued a temporary restraining order effective for 10 days against the state, preventing a second execution attempt on Romell Broom from going forward as planned Tuesday.Attorneys for the state consented to the request for a delay from Broom's attorneys, who will argue that the pain Broom experienced during the aborted attempt violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 18, 2009 (boomark / email).