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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, @10:00AM
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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @10:02AM
*could get high
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday October 04 2016, @03:09PM
The Chinese, some say, disassemble the bodies of executed prisoners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong#Organ_harvesting [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Tuesday October 04 2016, @04:50PM
It's unfortunate that the various marijuana referenda didn't pass in Ohio
IIUC, it's a good thing the referendum did not pass. Apparently, the referendum [ballotpedia.org] called for just a few, specific folks to be allowed to commercially cultivate, market and sell cannabis, everyone else could still be prosecuted for doing so. [theatlantic.com]
As such, I think it was a good thing that it was soundly (by a 2:1 margin) defeated. I'm all for cannabis legalization, as well as ending the "war" on drugs, but I'd like to see legislation which is fair, not designed to line the pockets of a few, while restricting the rest.
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