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| Ohio Death-Row Inmates Lose Bid to Halt Executions |
| By courthousenews.com- Matt Reynolds |
| Published: 02/02/2018 |
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CINCINNATI (CN) – The Sixth Circuit on Thursday rejected two death-row inmates’ efforts to block their executions, finding they did not prove Ohio’s lethal injection drugs cause serious pain and suffering. Alva Campbell, Raymond Tibbetts and other death-row inmates sued Ohio in 2011, alleging that the state’s current three-drug execution protocol, which includes the controversial sedative midazolam, violates the Eighth and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Those opposed to the death penalty say Ohio’s dose of sedative does not do enough to render inmates unconscious and prevent pain as medical personnel administer the two other drugs in the combination. Ohio was forced to suspend executions in 2015 after running out of lethal injection drugs. It resumed executions last July after midazolam became available. Florida, Oklahoma, Alabama, Virginia, and Arkansas have used the sedative as part of three-drug protocols. Inmates in other states have mounted legal challenges. Read More. |
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