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Tag Archives: lethal injections
The Pursuit of Torture
On Wednesday this week, Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s fellow inmate, Alva Campbell, is set to die. As a child, Alva Campbell was forced by his father to play games of torture. One was the electrical current game: all the children held hands … Continue reading
Posted in Alva Campbell, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, lethal-injection protocol, midazolam, Ohio, torture, USA
Tagged Alva Campbell, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, emotional instability, executions, firing squad, frailty, illness, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal injections, midazolam, November 2017, Ohio, pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride, torture, USA
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The USA: A Shameful Record
The USA has a poor reputation when it comes to executions. A report* by Amnesty International found the following: -Most UN member states were execution-free last year;** but the USA continued to execute. -The USA was the only one of … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, revenge, USA
Tagged Amnesty International, Arkansas, death sentences, DNA testing, executions, G8, injustice, intellectual disabilities, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ledell Lee, lethal injection chemicals, lethal injections, May 2017, Ohio, Organization of American States, revenge, UN, US Supreme Court, 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
Risk of Intolerable Pain and Suffering
For death penalty opponents, whose stance is no longer opposed by the majority of the US population, today is a very sad day: the Ohio Attorney General’s office has announced that it wishes executions to resume in January. What is more, the new lethal … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, midazolam, Ohio, USA
Tagged botched executions, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Dennis McGuire, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal injections, midazolam, October 2016, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, potassium chloride, rocuronium bromide, US Supreme Court, USA
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
Ohio Pursues Unregulated Drug Markets
Last month we reported that Ohio had been granted a licence by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) allowing it to import sodium thiopental (one of the two drugs permitted for executions in Ohio). We noted, however, that a different … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, capital punishment, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, Ohio, USA
Tagged abuse, August 2015, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, death penalty, Drug Enforcement Administration, executions, Food and Drug Administration, human rights abuses, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal injections, Ohio, Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, sodium thiopental, torture, unapproved drugs, USA
A Bitter Blow
The Glossip v. Gross ruling is a bitter blow for death penalty opponents. A deeply divided and acrimonious US Supreme Court ruled 5:4 last week that: “Because the death penalty is constitutional there must be a constitutional way of carrying it … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Glossip v. Gross, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, death row, Glossip v. Gross, Ian Millhiser, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, John Stinneford, July 2015, Justice Scalia, lethal injections, Michael Radelet, midazolam, Ohio, Richard Glossip, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, torture, USA, wrongful convictions
