Post by thinkinkmesa on Jun 29, 2017 8:53:14 GMT -5
Federal Appeals Court Paves Way For Ohio To Resume Lethal Injections
A federal appeals court paved the way on Wednesday for Ohio to resume executions by lifting a lower court's decision to halt the state's lethal injection process.
It was a contentious decision that split the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in an 8-6 vote.
In the case brought by death row inmates, the judges focused on the effects of the sedative midazolam, one of the three lethal injection drugs used by Ohio.
As The Two-Way has reported, the drug has been "used during multiple botched executions in Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma and Alabama."
More;
www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/28/534764116/federal-appeals-court-paves-way-for-ohio-to-resume-lethal-injections
A federal appeals court paved the way on Wednesday for Ohio to resume executions by lifting a lower court's decision to halt the state's lethal injection process.
It was a contentious decision that split the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in an 8-6 vote.
In the case brought by death row inmates, the judges focused on the effects of the sedative midazolam, one of the three lethal injection drugs used by Ohio.
As The Two-Way has reported, the drug has been "used during multiple botched executions in Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma and Alabama."
More;
www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/28/534764116/federal-appeals-court-paves-way-for-ohio-to-resume-lethal-injections