Legal Opinion
In re Ohio Execution Protocol Litigation
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided April 4, 2012No. 2:11-cv-1016PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*626 OPINION AND ORDER
GREGORY L. FROST, District Judge.
Can Ohio now be trusted?
The context surrounding this question necessarily starts with the axiomatic proposition that the United States Constitution does not require a perfect execution. Its protections do not require perfect adherence to every single provision of Ohio’s execution protocol without deviation, much less perfect adherence to every protocol provision in training sessions. But the Constitution does require that Ohio apply its protocol in a manner that does not offend constitutional protections.
Ohio has routinely offended these…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Village of Willowbrook v. OlechSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- In re Ohio Execution Protocol LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2014
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