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Ohio Tests New Lethal Injection Way

Its a reality, I know som states do not have the death penalty, but Ohio has one. I am going to explain about lethal inject in Ohio. This is a factual post it will not be gruesome.

There is a new way to use lethal injection in Ohio,( though I suspect other states may adopt this way, too.)

Death penalty proponents complained about giving three drugs to execute person. They think it is cruel and unusual punishment. The usual way for a lethal injection is injection into veins of three deadly drugs. In February 2008, executions were put on hold until a better way was figured out, to make it less painful

The thing that lead to this old way being questioned was when a man was being executed and it took nine times to find a vein and the man they sy who was in pain. Ohio has started using one drug called sodium penathol.  Ohio was the first state that tried this method of execution.

The new law also states that if the execution ca ‘t find a vein, doctors will give them injections, in the shot form. These injections are two powerful pain killers called hydrophone and midazolam.  These shots are given either in the arm, legs or buttocks. These drugs cause the person to stop breathing

The person executed was a killder named Kennith Biros becausehe kiled a woman in 1991. He died ninei minutes after being given the drug.

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  1. Frances Lawrence

    On December 9, 2009 at 7:16 pm


    It seems rather sad to be looking for better ways to kill people, maybe it would be better to get rid of the death penalty.

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