Ohio Can’t Find Doctors To Offer Execution Advice
Published: October 26, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio is struggling to find medical professionals willing to advise the state on the best way to put condemned inmates to death.
Attorney General Richard Cordray says in a court filing that ethical and professional considerations are deterring doctors and others from offering advice about lethal injection.
Executions are on hold in Ohio while the state develops new injection policies following a Sept. 15 execution that was stopped because the inmate had no usable veins. Cordray’s concerns came in a filing in U.S. District Court Friday. He says his office has reached out to judges, police and lawmakers for help trying to find medical professionals willing to talk to the state. He also says five lawmakers he didn’t identify have agreed to try to find medical staff to help.
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Sloppy,
That’s cruel and/or inhumane.
How about a nice hemlock smoothie or the bite of an asp. Been working well for over 2000 years!
I’ve also been an advocate for execution the same way their victim died.
THEN HANG THEM OR ELECTROCUTE THEM
Suggestion: CALL TEXAS
They don’t seem to have a problem!
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