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Supreme Court Won't Block 1st US 1-Drug Execution

By Steve Hall

That's the breaking news bulletin from the Associated Press.  It's written by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and datelined Lucasville, Ohio.  LINKThe U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of an Ohio condemned killer who would become the first person in the U.S. to die by lethal injection with a single drug rather than a three-drug method. In a brief statement Tuesday, the court said it was denying Kenneth Biros' request for a stay of execution.Biros had argued the state's new method would be painful. The state's switch to one drug was meant to end a lawsuit that claims the three-drug system could cause severe pain, and experts have agreed that the single anesthetic will not cause pain.Earlier coverage begins with this post...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 08, 2009 (boomark / email).