Judge extends moratorium of Ohio executions as debate over new 2-drug combination continues

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has extended a months-long moratorium on executions in Ohio as debate over the state's new two-drug combination continues. The moratorium was to end this week. The new order extends it through Jan. 15.

That will delay executions scheduled for September, October and November and highlights the ongoing problem faced by states in obtaining drugs to put inmates to death.

The one-page order by Columbus federal judge Gregory Frost issued Friday affects the state's latest death penalty policy change, which was announced in late April and increases the amount of the sedative and painkiller Ohio uses.

On Jan. 16, an Ohio inmate repeatedly gasped during the record 26 minutes it took him to die, and an Arizona inmate who took nearly two hours to die July 23.

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[sharp_stick]

1. As long as these idiots

continue to use an opioid they're going to have the same problem. I don't know why they can't figure it out, they're either morons or just refuse to admit they fucked up.

Any toxicologist or anesthesiologist will tell you that cause of death by OD'ing on a drug like fentanyl or hydromorphone is respiratory depression. It's effects are predictable but the dosage required and time to death is highly variable.

[pnwmom]

2. Pentobarbitol is the drug vets use to put down animals. They used to use a multi-drug

combination but eventually stopped because it wasn't considered humane.

Pentobarbitol works but suppliers don't want to provide it for this purpose. Unfortunately, that means that the states are turning to less humane methods.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

4. It's hard to believe that an entity with resources

like a state can't procure or even produce themselves a drug that any vet can get. I have to wonder if they just don't give a shit and are using certain drugs just to be sadistic.

[Hoppy]

3. Fucking Gouhls.