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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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Ohio desperately need medical techs who can find a vein.
To: Responsibility2nd
I’m sure his victim struggled with his “insertion”.
Let him bleed out, for all I care.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:44:19 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Responsibility2nd
From the source:
Broom was convicted in the 1984 slaying of (14 year old) Tryna Middleton after abducting her at knifepoint in Cleveland as she walked home from a Friday night football game with two friends.
To: Responsibility2nd
Vainly have they tried to find a vein?
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:44:44 PM PDT
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: Responsibility2nd
I always tell the tech to just put it into the back of my hand because the veins in my arms are hard to find. One would think the prisoner would be just as accommodating.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:45:33 PM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(<-- Looking for the silver lining in every cloud, since 1998)
To: Responsibility2nd
Save the taxpayers of Ohio some money.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:02 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(So many Communists, so little time.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I wonder if the word “jugular” means anything to them.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:12 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Panzerlied
Oh no! I went and posted a Veinity!
To: Responsibility2nd
His jugular vein would be very easy to find.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:26 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.........)
To: Responsibility2nd
A revolver is an incredibly simple mechanical device, would do the job just as well, and would be a lot cheaper for the taxpayers.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:30 PM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: Panzerlied
“Vainly have they tried to find a vein?”
Like your pun, it was pretty thin... ;^)
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:36 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
("Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in it." - Ted Kennedy (D-HELL)
To: Responsibility2nd
We need to bring back public hangings or in this case pubic hanging.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:42 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Ohio desperately need medical techs who can find a vein. They could give him a lethal injection of .30 cal bullets by firing squad. Quicker and likely painless.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:53 PM PDT
by
Retired COB
(Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
To: Responsibility2nd
Why didn’t they just use one of the jugulars; EJ or IJ?
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:46:54 PM PDT
by
Born Conservative
("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
To: DuncanWaring
Great minds...etc etc....:))
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:47:19 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.........)
To: Responsibility2nd
Maybe the perp will get smart and convert to (Nation of) Islam, thus guaranteeing himself more media sympathy and another few dozen appeals.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:47:32 PM PDT
by
sthguard
(Pres__ent Obama: He's All Ego.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Smash his frickin’ head on the pavement for all I care. Just be done with him.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:48:01 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
To: DuncanWaring
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:48:12 PM PDT
by
Born Conservative
("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
To: Responsibility2nd
Just cut his head off—that will expose a few veins. Arteries, too.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:48:58 PM PDT
by
Buck W.
(The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
To: EyeGuy
Or we could send Broom to sweep with the fishes. Far more painful, and whoever gets to dump him in the water could take Teddy Kennedy’s Senate seat.
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:49:29 PM PDT
by
sthguard
(Pres__ent Obama: He's All Ego.)
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