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Failed Execution Cited in Stay for Another Man

Judge: halted lethal injection raises issues about Ohio protocol

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(AP) – A federal appeals court today halted the execution of an Ohio inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection foiled another man's execution. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to grant a stay to 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr., who had been sentenced to die for strangling his 67-year-old neighbor during a 1994 robbery. On Sept. 15, Gov. Ted Strickland stopped the lethal injection of Romell Broom after state executioners struggled for two hours to find a usable vein.

Broom's execution is on hold while his attorneys prepare for a Nov. 30 federal court hearing. Judge Boyce Martin said Broom's case raises questions about Ohio's lethal injection procedures, including the competence of the state's execution team. "Given the important constitutional and humanitarian issues at stake in all death penalty cases, these problems in the Ohio lethal injection protocol are certainly worthy of meaningful consideration," Martin wrote in his opinion on Reynold's case.

The death chamber is shown at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio.
The death chamber is shown at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio.   (AP Photo)
Lawrence Reynolds.
Lawrence Reynolds.   (AP Photo)
Romell Broom.
Romell Broom.   (AP Photo)
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Unaffiliated
Oct 5, 09 11:06 AM CDT
Mr. Reynolds was convicted of committing a despicable act, one for which he should spend the rest of his life in prison. Capital punishment is barbaric. Doesn't matter if it's done by decapitation via a sword or guillotine, electricity, rope, or chemicals. Reply
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MarkMcJackoff
Oct 5, 09 11:35 AM CDT
You missed out shooting and stoning, but no matter, any of the methods you named would be quite suitable for this monster.
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Wills
Oct 5, 09 11:50 AM CDT
Not to mention we're still not very good at it. This is a pretty simple case because they couldn't actually inject anything, but consider what happens if you don't get quite enough anesthetic in: the prisoner's muscles are paralyzed, so they can't do anything to warn you, and their respiratory system is slowly and agonizingly shut down with them fully awake to experience it. Some would say this is a rare error of botched procedures, but a study in the Lancet a few years back said that in many cases the does of anesthetic used was too low EVEN FOR ANIMAL USE. Where do you people (and I'm talking to you Mr McJackoff) get off on wanting other humans to experience to pain
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RockyPneumonia
Oct 5, 09 12:24 PM CDT
The founding fathers had the quaint idea that we ought to be -- or at least act like we are -- better than the animals we incarcerate.
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DJM420
Oct 5, 09 12:52 PM CDT
i'm not going to apologize for being pro-death penalty in cases of absolute, irrefutable evidence of guilt, if there is such a thing. i dont care how painful it is. but it should NOT take 2 hours.
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