04 December 2010 :

Ohio Supreme Court: Condemned may not challenge lethal-injection method of execution. There is no basis under Ohio law to challenge the lethal injection method of execution, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. In a 5-2 decision, the court said the General Assembly "has not yet provided an Ohio law cause of action for Ohio courts to process challenges to a lethal-injection protocol." However, there are "several established methods for an Ohio death penalty defendant to receive state review of his or her case," the court said. The question was referred to the court from a federal judge in a suit filed by Michael Dean Scott, a man sentenced to death for killing 2 men in 1999.