Friday 14 December 2007

Ohio details execution procedures in court challenge


Associated Press - December 13, 2007 9:55 AM ET

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - The state of Ohio has given a judge details of its lethal-injection execution procedure in a court challenge in northeast Ohio.

A 700-page binder was turned over to the judge yesterday in Lorain in a challenge filed by two murder suspects facing death-penalty trials. The details will remain secret for now.

Judge James Burge plans a hearing next month with expert testimony on whether legal injection is unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.

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