-The New York Times, November 13, 2009 by Ian Urbina
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/us/14ohio.html?_r=4
“The hope is that other states will realize that there is no need to paralyze inmates before executing them,” he said, “and that, in fact, doing so risks a horribly torturous execution.”
-The Associated Press, November 14, 2009 by Julie Carr Smyth
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjqm49b-nlUteJMPUmp_qKOuxu6gD9BUTUPO0
“This is a significant step forward,” said Ty Alper, associate director of the Death Penalty Clinic…. “Paralyzing inmates before executing them — so we can’t tell whether they are suffering — is a barbaric practice, and Ohio should be commended for stopping it.”
-Toledo Blade, November 14, 2009 by Jim Provance
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091114/NEWS24/911140361
“Ohio had said that everything was on the table, and getting rid of the second two drugs is something that lawyers have recommended many times in other cases,” said Ty Alper.
-Delaware Online, November 15, 2009 by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091115/NEWS01/911150358/Ohio-changes-execution-method
“If tomorrow every death-penalty state got rid of the second two drugs in their protocols, certainly the Eighth Amendment concerns would be significantly alleviated,” said Ty Alper.