Ohio executes killer with new procedure
Ohio executed a convicted killer yesterday using a new procedure that required the prison warden to try to rouse the condemned man after an initial dose of sedatives to make sure he was unconscious for the subsequent injection of lethal drugs.
Utah is set to execute a convicted killer by firing squad in June after a judge agreed Friday to the inmate's request for the method, renewing a debate over what critics see as an antiquated, Old West-style of justice.