Given botched executions with midazolam in Ohio and other states, including Oklahoma and Arizona, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction should not resume using it for executions.
Supreme Court ruling’s effect on Ohio’s execution method unclear
Mike Brickner, senior policy director with the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the ruling does not mean Ohio will go back to midazolam. “They’re searching for a new drug for executions, but with the secrecy bill passed last year, I don’t know a lot about what’s going on with that,” he […]
Justice Breyer calls for briefing on constitutionality of death penalty, after latest decision
“For the reasons stated in Justice [Sonia] Sotomayor’s opinion, I dissent from the Court’s holding. But rather than try to patch up the death penalty’s legal wounds one at a time, I would ask for full briefing on a more basic question: whether the death penalty violates the Constitution.”