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."
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
I know this shouldn’t be funny, but, come on. Who wouldn’t be allergic to that injection?
maybe you need a gittyup injection for your give-a-damn.
...and? So?
ME TOO, I get all itchy and have trouble breathing.
Ohio’s commitment to suffering-free execution? There’s your problem. Where does the Constitution guarantee that sort of thing? Cruel and unusual, yes, but I can’t see where someone is guaranteed they will not suffer during the execution. Especially because one doesn’t get on Death Row without committing a heinous crime along the lines for torture of his or her victim(s).
If this line of reasoning is accepted, we will soon see that Ohio can’t execute anyone for whom anticipating the execution might cause mental pain and suffering. (Course, that’s the goal of the anti-death penalty folks.)
“Durr , 46, of Cuyahoga County, is sentenced to die for raping and killing 16-year-old Angel O’Nan in 1988.”
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/04/13/durr-dna.html?sid=101
Just give him a dose of Benadryl before the execution. Take it out of his ciggy tab.
I have found that TEA helps control the symptoms.
Oh yes TEA helps me out tremendously.
You won’t feel a thing, Darryl.
Nice try you barf bag!....Take it like a man!...Just die!
Tell him don’t forget to sue the state later if he has an allergic reaction. He probably has a few suits under his belt already after all this time so he knows what to do. There Fixed it!
Darryl DurrDarryl Durr (pictured) is sentenced to die next Tuesday for the 1988 rape and murder of 16-year-old Angel Vincent.
"But it was all Larry's idea."
I bet he’s fond of the flowers off of hemp plants.
Hang him with a hemp rope.
How can law schools pass and states allow such attorneys to pass the bar???
Give the guy an A+ for creativity!
If he has to suffer a little to get it done, why that's just the price we have to pay for justice.
Shoulda thought about it before he killed someone himself.
Allergic to a bullet then? How about the electric chair? How about a rope? I can think of some more if necessary.
The EPA would file for a stay because of lead content...
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