7 Executions On Hold In Ohio

[beth]

Ohio to delay 7 executions while searching for new drugs




(CNN)Ohio will delay the executions of seven death row inmates while searching for an adequate supply of drugs that complies with its new execution protocol, the state's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said Friday.

That means the state will not carry out any executions in 2015, the agency said in a press release.

Ohio said in early January that it will add thiopental sodium, a drug the state used for lethal injections from 1999-2011, the department said. Thiopental sodium and pentobarbital will be the only drugs used.

Ohio decided to stop using the two-drug regimen of midazolam and hydromorphone.

That drug combination was last used in January 2014 on convicted murderer Dennis McGuire. Witnesses said he convulsed and gasped about 10 minutes before he died.

The McGuire execution was closely watched because midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller, had never been used in a U.S. execution.

Ohio, like many states, was forced to find new execution drugs after European-based manufacturers banned U.S. prisons from using their drugs in executions -- among them, Danish-based Lundbeck, which manufactures pentobarbital.

The executions of Ronald R. Phillips, Raymond Tibbetts, Gregory Lott, Warren K. Henness, William Montgomery, Robert Van Hook and Jeffrey A. Wogenstahl were rescheduled, according to the state.

www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/us/ohio-execution-drugs/index.html

[fretslider]

Jan 31, 2015 3:44:06 GMT -5 beth said:

Ohio to delay 7 executions while searching for new drugs




(CNN)Ohio will delay the executions of seven death row inmates while searching for an adequate supply of drugs that complies with its new execution protocol, the state's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said Friday.

That means the state will not carry out any executions in 2015, the agency said in a press release.

Ohio said in early January that it will add thiopental sodium, a drug the state used for lethal injections from 1999-2011, the department said. Thiopental sodium and pentobarbital will be the only drugs used.

Ohio decided to stop using the two-drug regimen of midazolam and hydromorphone.

That drug combination was last used in January 2014 on convicted murderer Dennis McGuire. Witnesses said he convulsed and gasped about 10 minutes before he died.

The McGuire execution was closely watched because midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller, had never been used in a U.S. execution.

Ohio, like many states, was forced to find new execution drugs after European-based manufacturers banned U.S. prisons from using their drugs in executions -- among them, Danish-based Lundbeck, which manufactures pentobarbital.

The executions of Ronald R. Phillips, Raymond Tibbetts, Gregory Lott, Warren K. Henness, William Montgomery, Robert Van Hook and Jeffrey A. Wogenstahl were rescheduled, according to the state.

www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/us/ohio-execution-drugs/index.html

I view this need to find a 'humane' method of execution as some form of bizarre black comedy. Almost out of 'Entertaining Mr Sloane'. We stun animals before they're slaughtered, why not stun the prisoner first?

He'd be unaware of his fate and that would never do.

[mouse]

I fail to see how this method of execution can be justified..i find it barbaric
why not lethal injection...there is a humane way of putting animals to sleep..so why not human beongs
I was reading about the costs involved on an other thread...lunacy..when all that is needed is a quick jab and nothing more expensive than the syringe and its contents as against thousands for other ways

[markindurham]

A return to the gas chamber would work, but simply use nitrogen instead. No health risk by having to use ammonia once the prisoner is dead, unlike the days when hydrogen cyanide was used. Sorted.

[josephdphillips]

Jan 31, 2015 4:59:07 GMT -5 fretslider said:

I view this need to find a 'humane' method of execution as some form of bizarre black comedy. Almost out of 'Entertaining Mr Sloane'. We stun animals before they're slaughtered, why not stun the prisoner first? He'd be unaware of his fate and that would never do.

I agree there's no such thing as a humane execution. Two in the back of the head suffices.

The pros are wasting bullets anyway, shooting themselves in the foot.

[fretslider]

Jan 31, 2015 8:16:16 GMT -5 josephdphillips said:

Jan 31, 2015 4:59:07 GMT -5 fretslider said:

I view this need to find a 'humane' method of execution as some form of bizarre black comedy. Almost out of 'Entertaining Mr Sloane'. We stun animals before they're slaughtered, why not stun the prisoner first? He'd be unaware of his fate and that would never do.

I agree there's no such thing as a humane execution. Two in the back of the head suffices.

The pros are wasting bullets anyway, shooting themselves in the foot.

Well if cost is an issue, you could starve them to death and save on the food bill.