http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/se … raumatisedAn inmate whose execution was halted when executioners failed to get the needle into a vein after an unprecedented two hours of trying is traumatised, and trying to put him to death again in a week could spell disaster, his lawyer said.
Romell Broom is still recovering from Tuesday's prolonged execution attempt and is physically and emotionally spent, his lawyer, Adele Shank, said yesterday.
"It went so badly when he was walking in without injured veins, to go forward so soon afterward just seems to be inviting disaster," Shank said.
Ohio governor Ted Strickland's decision to stop Tuesday's execution and grant a one-week reprieve appeared to be unprecedented since capital punishment was declared constitutional and the US resumed executions in the 1970s.
Just saw the story on CNN, he's asking the Supreme Court to not execute him. Rape and killed a 14 year old girl. Am I the only one who wouldn't have complained if a guard put the man on his knees and shot him or cut him throat?