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By Steve Hall

"Federal court allows Dec. 8 execution in Ohio," is the AP report via Google News.A previously blocked execution set for Dec. 8 can now go forward due to a change in Ohio's lethal injection policies, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The decision of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means that Kenneth Biros would be the first inmate executed under the state's change from a three-drug intravenous lethal injection to a one-drug IV injection, with a two-drug muscle injection serving as a backup.The change renders moot Biros' argument that the state's former policy is unconstitutional, said a three-judge panel of the court."In granting a stay of execution, the district court based its reasoning on concerns related to the old procedure...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 25, 2009 (boomark / email).