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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A condemned inmate in Kentucky could receive two doses of a lethal three-drug cocktail or a pair of jolts of up to 2,400 volts of electricity under the state's execution protocol, which was released publicly for the first time. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A condemned inmate in Kentucky could receive two doses of a lethal three-drug cocktail or a pair of jolts of up to 2,400 volts of electricity under...  

Barring a last minute legal stoppage, the state at 10 a.m. will execute death row inmate Kenneth Biros with a one-drug intravenous lethal injection, a method never before used on a human. Even the newly minted back-up execution plan -- injecting drugs directly into a large muscle -- is untested.  

Washington - The Midwestern state of Ohio on Tuesday became the first state to execute a condemned prisoner with the lethal injection of a single drug, instead of a three-drug process delivered in stages. Convicted killer Kenneth Biros took about 10 ...  

LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Ohio executed a convicted killer on Tuesday through the first U.S. lethal injection using a single drug, a supposedly less painful method than previous executions with three drugs. Kenneth Biros was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m.  

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — An Indiana death row inmate who refused to request clemency is awaiting execution. Matthew Eric Wrinkles was convicted in the 1994 deaths of his estranged wife and two of her relatives in Evansville. He is scheduled to die by lethal injection early Friday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.  

Ohio has executed a killer through the first U.S. lethal injection using a single drug, a longer but supposedly less painful method than previous executions that required three drugs. Kenneth Biros (BY'-rohs) was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. Tuesday, about... Kenneth Biros - United States - Capital punishment - Lethal injection - Ohio  

AFPInd. inmate nears execution for 1994 triple murderChicago TribuneWrinkles was scheduled to die by lethal injection early Friday at the Indiana State Prison. He had exhausted his appeals in state and federal courts and ...Protesters outside Ind. prison ahead of executionFox 28Indiana murderer who appeared on Oprah Show is executed (Video)Examiner.comUS man executed by lethal injection in IndianaAFP14WFIE.com -Gary Post Tribune (blog...  

(By LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press Writer) An inmate whose execution was put on hold as he argued that Ohio's method of lethal injection was unconstitutional can die as scheduled next month, now that the state has instituted a different method, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.Kenneth Biros would be the first inmate executed under the state's change from a three-drug intravenous lethal injection to a one-drug IV injection, with a two...  

(The Associated Press) An Ohio inmate fighting the state's new execution procedure is asking a federal court to intervene.Kenneth Biros is scheduled to die Dec. 8. He would be the first inmate executed under Ohio's change from a three-drug intravenous lethal injection to a one-drug injection, with a two-drug muscle injection as a backup  

After apologizing for murdering a 22-year-old woman in 1991, a death row inmate was executed in Ohio today in a historic one-drug lethal injection that the director of state prisons described as problem-free. Kenneth Biros, who is in his early 50s, died in about 10 minutes once thiopental sodium began flowing into his arm at about 11:37 a.m., according to the Associated Press. It took the execution team approximately 20 minutes to complete the...  

WASHINGTON — An African American has been executed after Texas governor Rick Perry refused a last-minute recommendation to spare him because it was his accomplice who killed a store worker in an armed hold-up. Robert Thompson, 34, was pronounced dead late Thursday 15 minutes after he was given a lethal injection in the Texas jail, administered [...]  

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A 44-year-old Texas man was executed Thursday evening for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl, despite pleas from his attorneys he was too mentally impaired to qualify for capital punishment.Bobby Wayne Woods received lethal injection about a half-hour after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to step in to halt his punishment.Read more on NewsOK.com  

MiamiHerald.comNew execution method debatedLos Angeles TimesOhio puts murderer to death with single-drug lethal injection, but it would face procedural hurdles in California. By Carol J. Williams An Ohio murderer put to death with the nation's first single-drug lethal injection died swiftly Tuesday, ...Ohio executes inmate with one-drug injectionThe Associated PressNew Execution Method Is Used in OhioNew York TimesOhio executes inmate with...  

Globe and MailOhio killer asks judge to stop 2nd execution tryThe Associated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A day after Ohio became the first state in the country to use a single drug in a lethal injection, the condemned killer whose botched September execution prompted the change from a three-drug method returns to court to argue that ...Ohio executes inmate using single-drug methodCNNOhio executes inmate with untried injection methodReutersOhio...  

MiamiHerald.comNew Execution Method Is Used in OhioNew York TimesOhio prison officials executed a death row inmate, Kenneth Biros, Tuesday with a one-drug intravenous lethal injection, a method never before used on a human. The new method, which involved a large dose of anesthesia, akin to how animals ...Ohio executes inmate with 1-drug lethal injectionWashington PostOhio executes inmate using single-drug methodCNNOhio Executes Inmate With One...