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Tag Archives: lethal-injection drugs
2020 US Election
The death penalty is not mentioned in the President Trump’s vague bullet points that replace the usual platform for the Republican Party in an election year. However, the restoration of federal executions this year confirms the party’s support for capital … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Democratic Party, Democratic Party,, election, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, Republican Party, USA, victims
Tagged Covid-19, defense attorneys, Democratic Party, election, federal executions, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, murder victims' families, Native Americans, October 2020, Ohio, Republican Party, USA
Guilt, Shame and Mental Torment
Ohio’s Governor DeWine has postponed two more executions because of difficulties obtaining drugs; there are now no executions scheduled in Ohio before March next year. At the Chillicothe Correctional Institution where death row is housed, the relief of the inmates at … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, post-traumatic stress disorder, prison staff, USA
Tagged Allan Ault, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, correctional staff, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, executions, Governor Mike DeWine, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, November 2019, Ohio, post-traumatic stress disorder, prison staff, USA
Burning at the Stake
Ohio has introduced a lethal injection protocol as cruel and unusual as “burning at the stake, crucifixion, and breaking on the wheel” (examples of punishments which the US constitution forbids as cruel and unusual). The state is emboldened by a … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, execution drugs, executions, Glossip v. Gross, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, midazolam
Tagged 2017, anesthetic, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Glossip v. Gross, January 2017, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justice Sotomayor, lethal injections, lethal-injection drugs, lethal-injection protocol, midazolam, Ohio, Oklahoma, torture, USA
President Trump
President Obama has misgivings about the application of the death penalty; President Trump will have no such qualms. In 1989 Trump funded full page ads in four New York newspapers, calling for the return of the death penalty. The ads referred … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged capital punishment, Central Park Five, criminal justice, death penalty, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, November 2016, Ohio, police investigation, President-elect, torture, US Supreme Court, USA, waterboarding, wrongful convictions
A Critical Turning Point
Last week the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, announced it was prohibiting the use of its chemicals as execution drugs. It thus brought the US death penalty to a new juncture. As the human rights organisation, Reprieve, commented: “This is a critical turning … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged capital punishment, compounding pharmacies, death penalty, death row, execution drugs, executions, FDA, Governor Kasich, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal injections, lethal-injection drugs, May 2016, Ohio, Pfizer, pharmaceuticals, Reprieve, USA
Many Positives
Death penalty opponents, including Jeffrey Wogenstahl, on Ohio’s death row, can take heart from some recent important developments regarding the death penalty: President Obama has said the way the death penalty is implemented is “deeply troubling”. The pope has condemned the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged botched executions, capital punishment, Cleveland.com, Columbus Dispatch, death penalty, death row, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justice Kennedy, Justice Scalia, lethal-injection drugs, National Association of Evangelicals, November 2015, Ohio, Pope Francis, President Obama, Richard Glossip, SCOTUS, USA, wrongful convictions
Lack of Execution Drugs
Ohio’s current execution policy calls for single doses of either sodium thiopental or pentobarbital, both powerful sedatives. But drugs for lethal injections are hard to come by. The EU banned the export of these drugs for use in executions. Ohio responded by passing … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, Ohio, torture, USA
Tagged capital punishment, compounding pharmacies, death penalty, death row, Drug Enforcement Agency, execution drugs, executions, Food and Drug Administration, Gary Mohr, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, July 2015, lethal-injection drugs, Ohio, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, sodium thiopental, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, torture, USA, wrongful convictions
