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Ohio has more reason to review its conduct of the death penalty
Published on Friday, Sep 18, 2009
State officials may counter they already examined the process of lethal injection and made the necessary changes. What happened with Broom? The prison log indicates that the execution team concluded Broom's past drug use caused the difficulty locating a vein. The team tried to insert shunts. Broom turned on his side as he sought to help in the process. At one point, his body heaved and his feet shook.
The concern isn't the condemned man. Broom raped and killed a young woman 25 years ago. Rather, the state made a pledge when it moved from electrocution to lethal injection as its vehicle for capital punishment. Advocates argued that the process would be quick and painless, more humane, in short.
That case begins to erode when the state invites questions about whether in fumbling an execution and trying again, it has crossed the constitutional line barring cruel and unusual punishment. Telling is whether the state has met its own standard in pursuing the death penalty.
An assessment by a panel representing the American Bar Association in 2007 found many shortcomings, larger and smaller, in the use of capital punishment in Ohio. The panel called for a moratorium and a full review. The episode involving Romell Broom should serve as impetus for following its sound advice.
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Washington DC, 51
Posted 07:16 PM, 09/18/2009
What the criminals go through is still nothing compared to what they put their VICTIMS through. Keep it the same way, and while they are dying, make them look at pictures and videos of who they killed.
