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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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Posted Oct 5, 2009 10:55 AM CDT

(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... Read full story »

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