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Associated PressOhio execution delay prompts criticismBy JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 1 minute ago
LUCASVILLE, Ohio - Death penalty opponents called on the
state to halt executions after prison staff struggled to find
suitable veins on a condemned man's arm to deliver the
lethal chemicals.
The execution team stuck Christopher Newton at least 10
times with needles Thursday to insert the shunts where the
chemicals are injected.
He died at 11:53 a.m., nearly two hours after the scheduled
start of his execution at the Southern Ohio Correctional
Facility. The process typically take about 20 minutes.
"What is clear from today's botched execution is that the
state doesn't know how to execute people without torturing
them to death," American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio
attorney Carrie Davis said Thursday.
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