Ohio's revised method of executing death row inmates by lethal injection gets the okay from the Governor.
Friday, the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced the state will switch from a three drug injection, to a single injection into one vein. The new method will also have a back-up muscle injection.
Ohio's old method came under fire after a death row inmate walked away from a botched execution attempt.
In a statement, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland 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.
