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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: 3, Insightful) by Farkus888 on Tuesday October 04 2016, @10:25AM
Certainly inconsistent. There are 5 or 6 passages about being nice. They stick out like a sore thumb.
The misunderstanding of Christianity gets under my skin. Stop and think about the things in it and you would never use it to defend your positions. The real issue with the death penalty is that is a human being. You cannot truly be 100% certain as a society that they did whatever crime. Every mistake makes you a murderer too. Murder is very wrong, so wrong that some people feel it is OK to commit murder because of a murder despite the logical inconsistency involved.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:13PM
What is the value of a life? History suggests that it is one of the cheapest of commodities. I know that enough people simply waste their own lives, they must be cheap.
Guilty or not, it is pretty obvious that the condemned has made some serious mistakes to get where he is. Darwin would probably dismiss the potential "loss" as insignificant.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:34PM
Yet, I'll bet you place a very high value on your own and those of your immediate family.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:45PM
I place greater and lesser value on the lives of various members of my family. Some members of the family are total wastes of oxygen, other members are near saints. And, my own personal valuation of any particular life has little to no bearing on the value of a life to society, to the government, or to the universe.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday October 04 2016, @06:01PM
And, my own personal valuation of any particular life has little to no bearing on the value of a life to society, to the government, or to the universe.
The same is true of the deeply flawed justice system. Perhaps it's best not to let toddlers play with guns.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:13PM
Then why not simply execute everyone accused of a crime?