Saturday, November 2, 2013

Ronald Phillips, Condemned Ohio Child Killer, To Testify At Hearing Over Execution Drug

Ronald Phillips, Condemned Ohio Child Killer, To Testify At Hearing Over Execution Drug: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A death row inmate sentenced to die for raping and killing a 3-year-old girl is expected to testify at a hearing in federal court Friday as his lawyers challenge the state's new, never-tried lethal injection system.

Attorneys for condemned killer Ronald Phillips want a federal judge to delay Phillips' Nov. 14 execution while they gather evidence as part of their lawsuit against the two-drug process.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced a new execution policy last month and said Monday that it would use that system's second option: a combination of a sedative and painkiller never tried before in a U.S. execution.

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