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Ohio Lethal Injection Procedure Ruled Constitutional

By Steve Hall

"Federal judge upholds Ohio lethal injection system," is the AP report via the Canton Repository.With Ohio on track to execute a record number of inmates this year, a federal judge has rejected the latest challenges to lethal injection in the state, saying an appeals court has settled the issue. The separate decisions by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost on Monday and last week also upheld the state?s never-tried backup method that would have executioners inject drugs directly into muscle when they can?t access an inmate?s veins. In the past, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down nearly all injection challenges unless an inmate has an argument unique to his case, Frost said. The 6th Circuit?s approach to more recent challenges ?only serves to bolster that conclusion,? he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).