Family Files Lawsuit, Alleges Prolonged Ohio Execution Was Unconstitutional

Published January 26, 2014

Family files lawsuit, alleges prolonged Ohio execution was unconstitutional
16 lasted 26 minutes, the longest since the state resumed putting inmates to death in 1999, according to an Associated Press analysis of all 53 execution logs maintained by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. It remains unclear …
Read more on Zanesville Times Recorder

Ohio killer's execution takes almost 25 minutes; family plans lawsuit
The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction plans to use a combination of a sedative and a painkiller to put McGuire to death for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of Joy Stewart in Preble County in western Ohio. … What was particularly unusual …
Read more on Zanesville Times Recorder

Fighting addiction with a pill has potential for abuse, officials say
Nearly 1,800 Ohioans — or 18 percent more than the year before — were participating in a buprenorphine program at a substance abuse treatment centers on a single day in 2012, according to new data from the federal government. Data from the Ohio State …
Read more on Zanesville Times Recorder

Judge won't stop Ohio execution by untried drugs
COLUMBUS — A federal judge on Monday refused to stop the upcoming execution of a condemned Ohio killer facing a never-tried lethal injection process that the inmate's attorneys say will cause him agony and terror. Judge Gregory Frost's ruling moved …
Read more on Zanesville Times Recorder

Related Drug Rehab Zanesville Ohio Information…