Ohio considering bone marrow, muscle for lethal injection

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio is considering using lethal injections into inmates’ bone marrow or muscles as possible alternatives or back-up measures to the traditional intravenous execution procedure.

Julie Walburn, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said today that everything is on the table as officials research ways to adjust the state’s method.

Romell Broom’s execution was suspended last month after the execution team couldn’t locate usable veins after two hours of trying.

A Nov. 30 hearing has been set for Broom, while Gov. Ted Strickland gave two other death-row inmates temporary reprieves to give the state time for the review.

Walburn said the state could decide on a different procedure to either replace the current one or serve as a backup in an “exceptional” case such as Broom’s.