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Another scheduled Ohio execution, another novel complaint about execution protocol by condemned

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local story, which is headlined "Death Row inmate files new injection argument," Ohio's now-standard monthy execution plans has been met with another Ohio inmate's now-standard novel execution challenge.  Here are the details: An Ohio inmate facing execution this week says his tolerance to a lethal injection drug could lead to a painful execution that would deprive him of his constitutional rights.  Michael Beuke, 48, scheduled to die Thursday for fatally shooting a man while hitchhiking in 1983, made his claim in a court filing Friday. Beuke asked U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost to stop the execution because it could deny him the quick and painless death promised by Ohio law and could constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 10, 2010 (boomark / email).