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Tag Archives: Judge Merz
A Disturbing Ruling
A Sixth Circuit appeals court panel ruled this month that Ohio’s three-drug execution protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. The panel’s decision is at odds with federal magistrate Judge Merz’s conclusion earlier this … Continue reading
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Tagged cruel and unusual punishment, David Stebbins, death penalty, Doug Berman, Eighth Amendment, execution drugs, Governor Mike DeWine, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge Merz, midazolam, October 2019, Ohio, pulmonary edema, Robert Dunham, suffocation, torture, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, USA
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Executions Halted
For now, Ohio cannot perform its scheduled executions: Judge Merz, a federal magistrate judge, has ruled against its proposed lethal injection protocol. The ruling has been appealed by the state. In his federal court testimony Gary Mohr, Director of the Ohio … Continue reading
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Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eighth Amendment, executions, February 2017, Gary Mohr, Glossip v. Gross, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge Merz, lethal-injection protocol, midazolam, Ohio, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio Execution Protocol Litigation, paralytic agent, potassium chloride, US Supreme Court, USA
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