Doctors Shy Away from State Death Penalty

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Updated: 10/26/2009 2:30 pm

Ohio is struggling to find medical professionals willing to advise the state on the best way to put condemned inmates to death.

Attorney General Richard Cordray says in a court filing that ethical and professional considerations are deterring doctors and others from offering advice about lethal injection.  Executions for inmates, such as Kenneth Biros of Trumbull County, are on hold in Ohio while the state develops new injection policies following a Sept. 15 execution that was stopped because the inmate had no usable veins.

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Alundaio - 10/26/2009 4:03 PM
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Why don't we go back to just shooting them in the head? It's alot cheaper and there is no pain invovled. Plus it will create jobs for the clean up crews. Put the death penalty in express lane, and Ohio's economy will be boosted because we'll save billions in tax dollars.

Alundaio - 10/26/2009 4:02 PM
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Bullets.
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