Posted on 04/15/2010 12:25:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
An Ohio death row inmate is attempting to postpone his imminent appointment with the lethal injection gurney by claiming a possible allergy to the anaesthetic used by the state to dispatch its condemned prisoners.
Darryl DurrDarryl Durr (pictured) is sentenced to die next Tuesday for the 1988 rape and murder of 16-year-old Angel Vincent. He faces a single injection of thiopental sodium, rather than the traditional three-chemical cocktail used for such executions. Ohio last year became the first state to switch to the one-hit lethal anaesthesia method.
His lawyers, however, say that they've found evidence of Durr's allergy in his 800-page prison medical records. If correct, this compromises Ohio's commitment to suffering-free capital punishment.
Defense attorney Kathleen McGarry said: "One of the things the Ohio Constitution guarantees is that he has a quick and painless execution.
"If he's going to react to the anesthetic drugs in such a manner that he's going to have a violent reaction, either vomiting or seizures or whatever the spectrum is that could happen, then obviously the execution has problems."
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That is the funniest thing I heard all day.
I don’t think we need to fret too much about a possible anaphylactic shock reaction.
We’re ALL allergic to lethal injections.
My give-a-damn seems to seriously busted here.
Is that equivalent to the death panels in the health care bill?
Ohio's alternative one-hit execution method: the pile driver
The witnesses will have to be covered in a Gallagher-style tarp because there will be splatter over the first few rows.
How ‘bout this: a hangman’s noose wouldn’t cause him skin irritation, would it?
Just inject him w/an antihistamine ahead of time and he can die comfortably. :P
Or the electric chair, a headache?
The injection will forever cure him of his allergy! Why is he against it?
That,or a guillotine,would be the correct one-hit pain-free lethal method!
Allergic reaction, that’s a good one. Gotta give him a few points for style on that one.
Of course he is going to have an allergic reaction to the cocktail, a fatal one.
Actually, the death panels are more along the lines of Nazi Germany. Just speeding things up toward death for those the government decides have a "life not worth living".
lol
“Caution, death may occur.”
Well we just found another attorney “qualified” to take Steven’s place!!
Let’s see, the worst result of an allergic reaction would be Oh yea, DEATH!
they should use dirty needles and shoot these guys up with a combo of rubbing alcohol, draino, and lighter fluid.
Nitrogen Asphyxiation - simply the painless, no mess, no fuss, cheap, bio-degradable, atmosphere friendly, environmentally sound means of execution.
NOT a PING!
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