Ohio will adopt a new (classic) execution protocol and resume executions on Jan. 12, 2017:
The state of Ohio plans to resume executions in 2017 with a new three-drug combination. The state will use the drugs midazolam, rocuronium bromide and potassium chloride. To make the switch the state is expected to adopt [a] new execution protocol by the end of the week. The state hasn't executed anyone since January 2014.
The new drug mix is really a return to one the state used for 10 years. "The department used a similar combination from 1999 to 2009, and last year, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the use of this specific three-drug combination," said JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Ohio has had trouble getting drugs to use for lethal injections in part because pharmaceutical companies don't want their medical products used for killing people. Two years ago European pharmaceutical companies blocked further sales on moral and legal grounds. Ohio has looked for other options, but all have obstacles.
For background, Wikipedia offers: Midazolam, rocuronium bromide, and potassium chloride.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:45PM
The botched executions in the US are just bizarre.
Not so bizarre when you realise the issues involved. Try getting the drugs to do it painlessly? The companies making the drugs won't sell them if they are to be used for executions, its bad for their reputation. Try getting medically trained personnel to administer the drugs, which of them will do it? Besides it is against the hypocratic oath.
You missed out a couple of major cons as well:
1) It is about 3 times more expensive to execute someone than lock them up for life. (This is primarily due to the cost of the legal processes involved, which despite the cost of them can still result in the innocent being murdered by the state).
2) Its fucking barbaric, seriously! It isn't something that should happen in a civilised country.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @10:13PM
It isn't something that happens in a civilised countries.
FTTY