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Ohio executions back on with 1-drug method

Ohio's death chamber is set to resume executions next month using a single drug that has been used in the U.S. to euthanize pets but never to put condemned prisoners to death. Barring legal challenges, condemned inmate Kenneth Biros is scheduled ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, eTaiwan News,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ohio State University,  Kenneth Biros,  Romell Broom,  Death Penalty Information Center,  Ted Strickland

Ohio to change lethal injection method

Ohio will reduce from three to one the number of drugs used in lethal injection executions, with a muscle injection available as a back up. The switch was revealed in a Friday filing in U.S. District Court. It comes two months after a death row ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Romell Broom

Ohio alters lethal injection after execution fails

Ohio has become the first state to adopt a procedure for lethal injections executions that uses a single drug instead of three, a method never before tried on U.S. inmates. The switch was revealed in a Friday filing in U.S. District Court. It ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Romell Broom,  Death Penalty Information Center

Ohio plans execution method untried on prisoners

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty opponents praised as a step forward - albeit one that has ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ohio State University,  Romell Broom,  Death Penalty Information Center,  Ted Strickland,  Kenneth Biros

Ohio to switch to 1 drug for lethal injection

Ohio has become the first state to adopt a procedure for lethal injections that uses one drug, a method never before tried on U.S. inmates. The state filed papers Friday in U.S. District Court saying it has decided to switch from a three-drug cocktail ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Death Penalty Information Center,  Romell Broom

Ohio to switch to one-drug lethal injection

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio will switch to a one-drug approach to lethal injection executions, with a muscle injection available as a back up, according to a filing Friday in U.S. District Court. The state's decision to move away from its three-drug ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, Buffalo News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Romell Broom

Poker champ Berman stakes claim in Ohio casinos

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The casino developer and poker champion who had a failed bid for an Ohio slots parlor in 2008 has staked a claim to all four Ohio casinos voters approved Tuesday. ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cleveland Cavaliers,  Lakes Entertainment, Inc.,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Penn National Gaming, Inc.,  Dan Gilbert

Ohio ponders a future with casinos

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Developers of four new Ohio casinos looked eagerly to the future Wednesday, even as opponents concocted plans to stymie their efforts and surrounding states braced for economic losses. ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cleveland Cavaliers,  Penn National Gaming, Inc.,  U.S. Republican Party,  Dan Gilbert,  George Voinovich

Economy hovers over Ohio casino referendum vote

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The best way to solve Ohio's 10 percent unemployment rate was at the heart of Tuesday's election as voters decided whether to reverse their two-decade old opposition to gambling and support casinos and potential new jobs. ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cleveland Cavaliers,  Penn National Gaming, Inc.,  Dan Gilbert

Ohio high court hears online communications case

A coalition led by the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression has challenged laws throughout the country aimed at protecting children from online pornography and predators that they claim jeopardize protected speech among adults that might ...

From JULIE CARR SMYTH, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paul Pfeifer

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