Ohio Uses New Execution Method

American Voices

Ohio Uses New Execution Method

December 11, 2009 | ISSUE 45•51

The execution of Ohio murderer Kenneth Biros made use of an untested one-drug technique that is purportedly an improvement over the three-drug "cocktail" used in most lethal injections. What do you think?

I don't know, I'd have to try it out first."

Laura Beard
Systems Analyst
To make this a valid experiment, they need a control group of death row inmates they can inject with a placebo."

Philip McFarland
Radius Grinder
Unless it killed the inmate faster or funnier, I don't see how it's an improvement."

Werner Switzer
Art Teacher

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