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Lethal injection creator fine with 1 drug in Ohio

The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one _ as his home state of Ohio has proposed _ as long as the drug works efficiently. Dr. Jay Chapman, who ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Taiwan News,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Romell Broom,  Supreme Court of the United States,  Joseph Clark

Lawyer: Ohio's legal injection a human experiment

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month. ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kenneth Biros

Ohio launches new non-DNA innocence initiative

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio's top public defender is taking on a rare challenge: accepting cases of convicted criminals who say they're innocent but don't have the DNA to prove it. The Ohio Public Defender's Wrongful Conviction Project is one of just a handful ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Parole board won't spare Ohio killer

The Ohio Parole Board has rejected mercy for a man who killed a woman and scattered her body parts. He could be the first inmate to undergo the state's new, single-drug execution procedure. The board ruled unanimously on Tuesday against a ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, eTaiwan News,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kenneth Biros

Justice Scalia speaks about Constitution in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Boston Globe,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ohio State University,  Supreme Court of the United States,  Antonin Scalia,  Ronald Reagan,  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Parole board won't spare Ohio mutilation killer

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The state parole board on Tuesday rejected a plea of mercy from a man who killed a woman and scattered her body parts, clearing the way for him to become the first person in the nation executed with the injection of a single ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Boston Globe,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kenneth Biros,  Ted Strickland

Ohio: 1 lethal injection drug should end lawsuit

Ohio says its decision to become the first U.S. state to execute inmates using one drug eliminates further discussion of whether the injection causes pain and could be unconstitutional. Some death penalty opponents agree but say it could be years ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Taiwan News,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Richard Cordray

Ohio US attorney: shift some attention from terror

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, the time has come to shift crime-fighting resources to other areas while keeping terrorism as a top priority, a new Ohio federal prosecutor said. So many federal agents were moved to terror ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ohio State University,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Eric Holder

Cleveland's handling of missing people challenged

CLEVELAND—The discovery of 11 victims of an alleged serial killer, most of them poor, drug-addicted black women, has prompted calls for Cleveland police to respond faster and devote more resources to missing-persons cases. Police, however, say they ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  Anthony Sowell

2 more women identified among bodies at Ohio home

CLEVELAND Police say they have identified two additional victims of a serial killer in Cleveland. Police say the remains of 48-year-old Janice Webb and 44-year-old Kim Yvette Smith were identified Monday by the Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County coroner' ...

From ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, San Diego Union-Tribune,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Sowell,  Jim Carrey,  Pac-10,  Larry Scott,  LeGarrette Blount

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