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Local court starts examining Ohio's execution protocol

By Douglas A. Berman

This AP story provides some highlights from the first day of a state court litigation concerning Ohio's lethal injection protocol:An anesthesiologist testified Monday that Ohio's lethal injection procedure isn't appropriate for dogs or cats, let alone humans. Dr. Mark Heath's testimony on behalf of two murder defendants came in a Lorain County hearing on the constitutionality of state's method for putting prisoners to death. Heath, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Columbia University, says it's possible to perform lethal injection of prisoners in a humane manner, but that Ohio's method falls below the standard for euthanizing household pets.... Heath testified that the design of Ohio's death house was problematic because it separates the inmate from the person administering the drugs in two separate rooms...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 07, 2008 (boomark / email).