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Thursday, 01 May 2008
The state took its 1st step toward resuming lethal injections today,requesting a new execution date for a convicted murderer who spread his victim's dismembered body over parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Kenneth Biros was 1 of 3 death row inmates in Ohio who lost appeals
lastweek before the U.S. Supreme Court following the justices' determination
that the cocktail of drugs Kentucky was using to execute criminals does
not inflict cruel and unusual punishment. The suit had the effect of
halting lethal injections nationwide. Ohio uses a drug cocktail similar to Kentucky's.
The 49-year-old Biros came within hours of death last March before the nation's high court called it off, ruling that Biros should be allowed to join other inmates who protested Ohio's lethal injection process in court.
(source: Associated Press)