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Iran’s Death Penalty Is Seen as a Political Tactic

CAIRO — A flurry of executions and death sentences in Iran has raised concern that... more

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Has President Obama Tainted The Jury Pool For Terrorist Trials?

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Ohio Changing Death Penalty Method

Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the... more

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Good riddance John Allen Muhammad

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No reprieve for Beltway sniper Muhammad

RICHMOND - The Supreme Court refused yesterday to block the execution of Beltway... more

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Toddler Slaying Suspect Too Mentally Challenged To Be Executed??

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Less reporters covering executions

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Two Wrongfuly Convicted Men Are Set Free Today!

Claude Alvin Simmons and Christopher Shun Scott are exonerated due to help of UT &... more

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"Gli affari del boia"

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Ending death penalty could save US millions: study

Even when executions are not carried out, the death penalty costs US states hundreds... more

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Judge Postpones Another Ohio's Execution

another Judge wants to take another look.

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Controversy Builds in Texas Over Execution

execution of man who 'may have been innocent' causes another Governor, formerly a... more

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Iran, the alleged death of Khamenei

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TX Gov Perry continues to deny innocent man's execution

Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to deny the fact that Texas executed an innocent... more

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Execution Methods Examined After Botched Injection

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Repression that pleases

China and Iran are certainly not the only dictatorship in the world but are leading... more

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25yr-old Gets Death For Trafficking Ganja in Malaysia

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Ohio halts executions: Will death penalty end?

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After a failed execution attempt in September, Ohio is reconsidering its execution procedures. While the state figures things out, its governor Ted Strickland, has issued reprieves for inmates facing impending executions.

The inmate in the failed September attempt, Romell Broom, was convicted in the abduction, rape and murder of a 14 year old girl, though he maintains his innocence. A court has blocked any further attempts to execute him until further notice. His experience is described in the Guardian:

"Three guards stood around him as two nurses tried to insert needles into his arms. "The female nurse tried three separate times to access veins in the middle of my left arm. The male nurse tried three separate times to access veins ... in the middle of my right arm," Broom said in the affidavit. The nurses worked for 30 minutes without success and then took a break. "After the break, the female nurse tried twice to access veins in my left arm. She must have hit a muscle because the pain made me scream out loud," Broom said. "The first time the male nurse successfully accessed a vein in my right arm. He attempted to insert the IV, but he lost it and blood started to run down my arm."

Eventually the female nurse decided she could not go on and walked out of the room. A second break was called.

When the attempt to execute him resumed Broom said he was in such pain: "I tried to assist them by helping to tie my own arm." The male nurse massaged Broom's left arm and laid hot towels across it in an attempt to make a vein stand out, but it proved futile and a third break was called.

"At that point I became very upset. I began to cry because I was in pain and my arms were swelling," said Broom. "I requested that they stop the process and I requested to speak with my attorney."

But the attempt to kill him did not stop. A third nurse entered the room and hunted for a vein in Broom's right ankle. The needle hit the bone and he screamed.

After two hours the prison director, Terry Collins, contacted Strickland who called off the execution."

Death penalty opponents are hopeful that Ohio's reconsideration of their execution procedures may turn into a reconsideration of whether or not to execute at all.

What do you think? Does the Broom case make a good point against the death penalty, or is this just an aberration?FROM THE BLOG: After a failed execution attempt in September, Ohio is reconsidering... more