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Lawyer: Ohio execution on hold after vein troubles
Assoc. Press ^
| 09/15/2009
Posted on 09/15/2009 12:43:18 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
LUCASVILLE, Ohio A lawyer for a condemned inmate in the state death chamber says execution team members have taken a break after struggling to access the inmate's veins.
Attorney Tim Sweeney says the team is having trouble inserting IVs into the arms of 53-year-old Romell Broom. Broom is sentenced to die for raping and killing 14-year-old Tryna Middleton in Cleveland in 1984.
It was the second delay of the Tuesday execution, originally scheduled for 10 a.m.
Broom entered the death chamber shortly before 2 p.m. after losing a last-minute appeal request.
In 2005, an execution was delayed for more than an hour after the team failed to properly attach an IV. That led to changes in Ohio's execution process.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: veinity; veintroubles
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To: Responsibility2nd
![](http://www.langleycreations.com/photo/deathpenalty/huntsville/oldsparky.jpg)
Bring Ol' Sparky out of retirement!
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:00:09 PM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(This Revolution will be peaceful if possible; other than peaceful if necessary.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
![](http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/small_romell-broom.jpg)
I can't date the picture, but he seems fit enough to die to me.
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:00:36 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Responsibility2nd
I think the whole lethal injection method could be considered cruel and inhumane just because of the time required to start the IV. England’s famous hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, was able to complete the job from noose to trap in less than a minute.
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:00:39 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: Responsibility2nd
To: Responsibility2nd
A .22 short to the base of the skull is a lot less hassle!
45
posted on
09/15/2009 1:04:24 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: Responsibility2nd
Just hire that swordsman kid from Johns Hopkins.
46
posted on
09/15/2009 1:06:49 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Responsibility2nd
what a load... just start a central line or go IO... hell just give the guy 100 mg of Ativan (I exaggerate) and inject a couple of hundred units of regular insulin sq... that should just about do the trick . Then sell tickets to compensate the 14 year old victims family and maybe make book on when he quits seizing and just dies.
ya just gotta think, outside of the box, Ohio. Ya just got to have the proper motivation... pretend that was your 14 year old daughter or sister that this convict killed.
47
posted on
09/15/2009 1:07:26 PM PDT
by
erman
(Give a man a fire, warm him for one night. Set a man on fire, warm him for the rest of his life.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Just haul out the pistol for a head shot after the third attempt doesn’t work. Who cares how he is killed, this PC crap is ridiculous. Gas Chamber was much more efficient and it worked every time. I don’t see why one shot to the head with a .22 long rifle isn’t allowed. Humane, quick and sure.
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:10:00 PM PDT
by
calex59
(FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
To: erman
ya just gotta think, outside of the box, Ohio.
I know your suggestions are tounge-in-cheek, but according to the article:
the state's execution rules have allowed team members to take as much time as they need to find the best vein for the IVs that carry the three lethal chemicals.
Since the law obviously doesn't currently allow us to shoot him or hang him, it's not entirely a bad idea to leave him strapped to the cot to think about what's coming for a while eh?
To: Responsibility2nd
They needs some lessons from the Texas Team
50
posted on
09/15/2009 1:19:14 PM PDT
by
fujimoh
To: Responsibility2nd
Get some expert advisers.
51
posted on
09/15/2009 1:20:37 PM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: Responsibility2nd
Put a trash bag over his head and pull the pucker string tight around his neck.
52
posted on
09/15/2009 1:22:21 PM PDT
by
RobinOfKingston
(Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Team Obama and Holder will make sure his kind never
runs out of medical care. Granny must die, however.
53
posted on
09/15/2009 1:30:38 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: Responsibility2nd
Send him here to Washington state - we hang ‘em here. Or to Utah, they shoot them there. Consider it interstate relations.
54
posted on
09/15/2009 1:38:11 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: Responsibility2nd
I think they also desparately need old Sparky.
To: Responsibility2nd
Guillotines never miss the vein.
56
posted on
09/15/2009 1:47:25 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
To: rabscuttle385
57
posted on
09/15/2009 1:49:21 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Quotes of the century: 2001 "Lets Roll"..... 2009 "You Lie")
To: bert
Aw, damn, I didn’t even know the perp was black when I posted it.
Oh well!
58
posted on
09/15/2009 1:52:28 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(So many Communists, so little time.)
To: sthguard
Not to mention the 72 virgins - of course, they could look like Helen Thomas, Madeleine Albright or Donna Shalala - now that would be Islamic hell...
59
posted on
09/15/2009 1:56:17 PM PDT
by
MarkT
To: MarkT
Or, to steal Jeff Dunham's line (to "Achmed the Dead Terrorist"): "Did anyone ever say they'd be female virgins??
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posted on
09/15/2009 2:06:26 PM PDT
by
sthguard
(Pres__ent Obama: He's All Ego.)
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