-KPTM-TV Fox 42, November 16, 2009 by Meghan Youker
http://www.kptm.com/Global/story.asp?S=11515542
“I don’t think any state wanted to be the first to get rid of a practice that they’ve been clinging to for years, but now that Ohio has said we’re going to do this, we’re going to make executions more humane, I would hope that Nebraska officials would take a serious look at that and do the same,” Alper said.
-KETV Omaha, November 16, 2009 by Andrew Ozaki
http://www.ketv.com/news/21633607/detail.html
“Six out of the last 11 people executed in California were likely awake and conscious as the excruciatingly painful potassium chloride entered their veins,” said Ty Alper.
-Omaha World-Herald, November 17, 2009 by Paul Hammel
http://www.omaha.com/article/20091117/NEWS01/711179944/-1/frontpage
“They’ve been sentenced to death. They weren’t sentenced to torture,” said Ty Alper, associate director of the Death Penalty Clinic.
-The Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 23, 2009 by Aaron Marshall
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/11/new_lethal_injection_policies.html
“I think this is something that is pretty well accepted,” he said. “It’s very similar to the way that animals are euthanized—there’s been a lot of testimony about it, and the effects of the anesthetic are pretty well known.”