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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 Runaway1956 on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:21PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:21PM (#410108) Journal

    You're kinda missing an important point. God the Father may or may not be a barbaric thug, but christians rely on Jesus, the Son, as their saviour. I don't want to get into the whole split personality thing, with the trinity and all, but at the very least, the Son and the Father are different faces of the same personna.

    Jews and Muslims rely on Yahweh (or Allah) for whatever salvation they expect. Christians rely on a different person or personna.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @06:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @06:57PM (#410206)

    I don't see why that's important. God - the supposed creator of everything - is portrayed as a murderous thug in the bible. You can't pretend that the god of the bible is totally irrelevant, and Christians talk about him all the time. It's not as if the bible claims that Jesus saved everyone by destroying the evil demon king known as god.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 05 2016, @02:43AM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 05 2016, @02:43AM (#410472) Journal

      "I don't see why that's important."

      I can't make you see why that's important, but I can't make you see ultraviolet either. Ultraviolet exists, and there is a distinction between the Father and the Son. The Son said words to the effect, "There is no way to the Father, but through me." To lazy to look up the actual scripture right now, sorry.