USA - Ohio. Ohio's revised method of lethal injection gets the okay from the Governor

Ohio's revised method of executing death row inmates by lethal injection gets the okay from the Governor Ted Strickland. Today, the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced the state will switch from a 3 drug injection, to a single injection into one vein. The new method will also have a back-up muscle injection. The single-drug technique amounts to an overdose of anesthesia, thiopental sodium. In cases where a suitable vein cannot be located, a combination of 2 chemicals will be injected into muscle. Those drugs will be midazolam and hydromorphone. Ohio's old method came under fire after the botched execution of Romell Broom in September. In a statement, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today said, "I believe the department's assessment and recommendation for changes to the current lethal injection protocol are reasonable, and in accordance with Ohio's lethal injection law." Barring legal challenges, condemned inmate Kenneth Biros is scheduled, December 8, to be the first prisoner in the nation to be executed using the new method.