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By Steve Hall

"Lethal injection is not humane option," is the editorial in Ohio's Newark Advocate today.Last week's fiasco was the third time since 2006 that Ohio corrections officials have struggled to complete an execution by lethal injection. The problem each time has been difficulty finding a vein. The first two eventually were successful, although the 2007 execution of Christopher Newton dragged on so long he was granted a bathroom break.After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lethal injection is not inherently a "cruel and unusual punishment" forbidden by the U.S. Constitution, Ohio changed its protocols to ensure that prisoners are sedated before the fatal drip begins. Broom's was to have been the third execution under these guidelines...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).