Joseph Clark

Ohio ready to execute 1st inmate with single drug; untested method likely to take longer. Condemned killer Kenneth Biros could become the first person in the country put to death with a single dose of an intravenous anesthetic instead of the usual ? and faster-acting ? three-drug process if his execution proceeds Tuesday.

The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one ? as his home state of Ohio has proposed ? as long as the drug works efficiently.

Lethal injection creator fine with Ohio's 1-drug plan, says number of chemicals doesn't matter. The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one ? as his home state of Ohio has proposed ? as long as the drug works efficiently.

US executions are meant to be clinical and humane, but for some they end up resembling medieval torture, complete with the smell of burning flesh, screams, and scenes so gruesome that witnesses faint.

The governor of Ohio granted a reprieve to two men facing execution, as his state re-examines lethal injection procedures in the wake of a botched attempt to put another inmate to death.

The governor of Ohio granted a reprieve to two men facing execution, as his state re-examines lethal injection procedures in the wake of a botched attempt to put another inmate to death.

A federal appeals court granted a reprieve Monday to a man who faced execution this week in Ohio, after the state's previous attempt to put another inmate to death by lethal injection failed.

The governor of Ohio on Monday granted a reprieve to two men facing execution, as his state re-examines lethal injection procedures in the wake of a botched attempt to put another inmate to death.

A death-row prisoner in Ohio has demanded to be spared days before he is due to die, arguing the state's practices are flawed after staff failed to administer a lethal injection to another inmate.

The lawyer for an inmate whose execution was halted after an unprecedented two hours said trying to put him to death again in a week could be a disaster.

The lawyer for an inmate whose execution was halted after an unprecedented two hours said trying to put him to death again in a week could be a disaster.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Executioners couldn't find a suitable vein in which to inject drugs to kill a 53-year-old murderer, who then got a one-week reprieve from the governor so Ohio prison officials can figure out what to do.

After his lethal injection was delayed for hours because of his own attorney's appeal request, an Ohio inmate condemned for the 1984 rape and slaying of a teen girl tried to help hasten his own death as his executioners had trouble finding usable veins.

Gov. Ted Strickland ordered a weeklong reprieve for a condemned inmate Tuesday after the Ohio execution team had problems finding usable veins for the lethal injection even after the inmate tried to help.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Executioners couldn't find a suitable vein in which to inject drugs to kill a 53-year-old murderer, who then got a one-week reprieve from the governor so Ohio prison officials can figure out what to do.

Executioners struggled to find suitable veins to put a condemned inmate to death Tuesday in a prison scene reminiscent of the problems that delayed executions in 2006 and 2007 and led to changes in Ohio's lethal injection process.

Executioners struggled to find suitable veins to put a condemned inmate to death Tuesday in a prison scene reminiscent of the problems that delayed executions in 2006 and 2007 and led to changes in Ohio's lethal injection process.