Washington --
In the U.S., for the first time an inmate has been executed with a syringe, which contained only a single poison. Kenneth Biros died on Tuesday in the state prison in Lucasville (Ohio).
Biros had murdered 18 years ago, a woman's body parts, and then dispersed in two different U.S. states.
So far in all 36 U.S. states that use lethal injection used, mixtures of three materials: This is first injected the barbiturate thiopental as an anesthetic, then pancuronium bromide for muscle paralysis, and finally potassium chloride, leading to cardiac arrest.
Ohio, but decided to amend the procedure that had to be canceled in September after an execution: The execution team had been trying for two hours in vain to find a vein for the needle and the offender so according to witnesses, moreover caused considerable pain.
It was also resolved with the introduction of the new method, a pending lawsuit in Ohio for five years over whether the "toxic cocktail" of three means the doomed cause pain and therefore violates the Constitution.
Biros died after media reports now by a single high dose of thiopental. The death occurred after seven minutes, said the prison in Lucasville, Ohio with.
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