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Ohio considering bone, muscle for lethal injection

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is considering new ways of administering lethal drugs to condemned inmates in the wake of a failed execution last month.

A prisons department spokeswoman says one possible alternative is to inject drugs into inmates' bone marrow or muscles. Such ideas might only be backups to traditional intravenous injections.

Romell Broom couldn't be executed last month because a suitable vein couldn't be found. The execution is on hold at least until a federal court hearing takes place on Nov. 30.

The governor issued reprieves for two other death-row inmates on Monday, saying that more time is needed to study the execution procedure.

The nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center says it isn't aware of other states that inject into bone marrow or muscle.

Source: The Associated Press, October 6, 2009

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