Legal Opinion
In re Ohio Execution Protocol Litigation
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided January 11, 2012No. Case No. 2:11-cv-1016PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GREGORY L. FROST, District Judge.
This case is frustrating.
For close to eight years, the Court has dealt with inmate challenges to the constitutionality of Ohio’s execution protocol.1 During that time, the litigation has morphed from focusing primarily on allegations of cruel and unusual punishment to allegations of equal protection violations. Ohio has been in a dubious cycle of defending often indefensible conduct, subsequently reforming its protocol when called on that conduct, and then failing to follow through on its own reforms. Occasionally in this litigation, state…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Lloyd D. Alkire v. Judge Jane IrvingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Geoffrey M. Radvansky v. City of Olmsted FallsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless & Service Employees International Union, Local 1199 v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Samuel Lopez v. Janice BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- David Zink v. George LombardiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
- In re Ohio Execution Protocol LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2017
- Robert Charles Towery v Janice K BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- State v. Broom (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2016
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