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Duty to execute with dignity
What state lawmakers here can do is take the next step in implementing the recommendations of the task force that examined ways to make improvements.
Toledo Blade Editorial: Executing vigilance
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.”
Ohio Updates Lethal Injection Protocol
Ohio will test lethal injection drugs ahead of executions if it obtains specialty batches of the drugs, the state prisons agency announced Monday in its latest update of capital punishment rules.
Death penalty case in Jefferson County would require emergency funding
“In terms of maybe you have facilities that need repaired, unless it’s an absolute emergency, there may be things you want to be done to facilities that could be updated, but you may have to put some things on hold because of that,” Graham said.
Pharmacists Association Adopts Policy Opposing Participation in Capital Punishment
Organization Says Involvement in Lethal Injections Runs Counter to Pharmacists’ Mission
Will death penalty in Ohio find itself on life support?
Two state senators, one Republican and Democrat, stood before a legislative committee this week, offering sponsor testimony on a package of death penalty-related law changes.