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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 04 2016, @08:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-does-it-work? dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by GungnirSniper on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:40AM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:40AM (#409900) Journal

    Christ did not rebuke the Roman Empire for putting to death the others during His Crucifixion. Nor did He come to overturn the old laws that included much stricter rules than we have today.

    We should use guillotines and harvest the corpses for organs. This injection garbage is indirectly killing another few people each time.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @10:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @10:00AM (#409907)

    The Chinese, some say, disassemble the bodies of executed prisoners. I don't know what killing techniques they use.

    It's unfortunate that the various marijuana referenda didn't pass in Ohio, because "killing them with cannabis" has a similar sound and meaning to "killing them with kindness." Although people might be lining up to get transplants just so they can get high from the THC-laden organs...

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by TheRaven on Tuesday October 04 2016, @10:23AM

    by TheRaven (270) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @10:23AM (#409913) Journal

    We should use guillotines and harvest the corpses for organs.

    Because giving the state an incentive to kill more people couldn't possibly end badly.

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    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday October 04 2016, @07:55PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @07:55PM (#410262)

      Well, it is Ohio after all...
      We might want to start a campaign there and keep heading south.

      • (Score: 2, Touché) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:10PM

        by nitehawk214 (1304) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:10PM (#410327)

        It worked for Sherman.

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