11-02-2013, 12:25 PM
Death Drugs open doors for Death Penalty Delays
Supplies of the standard and preferred death drug, pentobarbital, are very low around the country. Its European manufacturer said the drug is not intended for executions and blocked sales to the US. The move forced states to consider alternatives in execution methods of death penalty inmates.
No state has put a prisoner to death using the combination of midazolam and hydromorphone, but Ohio is set to do so on Nov. 14th with the execution of Ronald Phillips.
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Murderer Ronald Phillips and his three year-old victim, Sheila Marie Evans
Phillips raped and killed the 3 year-old daughter of his girlfriend in 1993 in Akron, Ohio. The baby's mother knew about the repeated rapes and beatings and did nothing to stop Phillips; she was convicted too. Phillips is set to be executed on Nov. 14th.
Now, his lawyers are using the pentobarbital shortage as an opportunity to try to delay his execution by challenging the change in Ohio execution protocols in federal court. Phillips will be testifying in federal court via live video next week.
This is bullshit legal wrangling and death penalty protesting , IMO. The two drugs that Ohio plans to use will cause inmates to stop breathing quickly. Irreversible brain and heart damage will follow and the inmate will die a few minutes later. Over, done, move along...
But, hey, if those set to be executed for raping and killing children prefer tried and trusted methods of execution, no objection here to the electric chair, guillotine, hanging or public stoning.
HOTD edit, 13 Nov 2013 p.m.: execution delayed til July 2nd so authorities can try to accommodate Phillips' request to donate his organs, per governor's orders. Link to dedicated Mock thread:
http://mockforums.net/thread-10648-post-...#pid343806
Supplies of the standard and preferred death drug, pentobarbital, are very low around the country. Its European manufacturer said the drug is not intended for executions and blocked sales to the US. The move forced states to consider alternatives in execution methods of death penalty inmates.
No state has put a prisoner to death using the combination of midazolam and hydromorphone, but Ohio is set to do so on Nov. 14th with the execution of Ronald Phillips.
Murderer Ronald Phillips and his three year-old victim, Sheila Marie Evans
Phillips raped and killed the 3 year-old daughter of his girlfriend in 1993 in Akron, Ohio. The baby's mother knew about the repeated rapes and beatings and did nothing to stop Phillips; she was convicted too. Phillips is set to be executed on Nov. 14th.
Now, his lawyers are using the pentobarbital shortage as an opportunity to try to delay his execution by challenging the change in Ohio execution protocols in federal court. Phillips will be testifying in federal court via live video next week.
This is bullshit legal wrangling and death penalty protesting , IMO. The two drugs that Ohio plans to use will cause inmates to stop breathing quickly. Irreversible brain and heart damage will follow and the inmate will die a few minutes later. Over, done, move along...
But, hey, if those set to be executed for raping and killing children prefer tried and trusted methods of execution, no objection here to the electric chair, guillotine, hanging or public stoning.
HOTD edit, 13 Nov 2013 p.m.: execution delayed til July 2nd so authorities can try to accommodate Phillips' request to donate his organs, per governor's orders. Link to dedicated Mock thread:
http://mockforums.net/thread-10648-post-...#pid343806