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| Death Penalty Methods Debated in Ohio |
| By examiner.com |
| Published: 03/29/2010 |
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Texas employs a three-drug cocktail method for executing its condemned killers by lethal injection. Three Wichita Falls, Texas men have been executed by lethal injection over the last two decades. Recently a convicted Ohio killer was executed by a new one-drug intravenous lethal injection. The new method in the Buckeye state involves a large dose of anesthetic, similar to how animals are euthanized. The Ohio method has been praised by most experts as painless. Death penalty opponents still opposed this most recent execution as the equivalent of "human experimentation." Despite attempts by the opponents to stop this innovation, the United States Supreme Court refused to intervene and the new method went as planned. Opponents criticized the latest method based on the fact its backup plan of using intramuscular injection if the authorities are unable to find a usable vein as not yet being properly tested by legal and medical experts. Terry Collins, director of the Ohio Department of Corrections, said the drug took about 10 minutes to take effect, roughly the same length of time as the three-drug cocktail used in Texas. Read More. |
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