There_EX Is_VBZ No_AT 'Humane'_JJ Execution_NN1 This_DD1 is_VBZ what_DDQ passes_VVZ for_IF progress_NN1 in_II the_AT application_NN1 of_IO the_AT death_NN1 penalty_NN1 :_: Kenneth_NP1 Biros_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 convicted_JJ murderer_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ put_VVN to_II death_NN1 in_II Ohio_NP1 last_MD week_NNT1 with_IW one_MC1 drug_NN1 ,_, instead_II21 of_II22 the_AT more_RGR common_JJ three-drug_JJ cocktail_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 took_VVD executioners_NN2 30_MC minutes_NNT2 to_TO find_VVI a_AT1 vein_NN1 for_IF the_AT needle_NN1 ,_, compared_VVN with_IW the_AT two_MC hours_NNT2 spent_VVD hunting_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 vein_NN1 on_II the_AT last_MD prisoner_NN1 Ohio_NP1 tried_VVD to_TO kill_VVI ,_, Romell_NP1 Broom_NN1 ._. 
Technicians_NN2 tried_VVD about_RG 18_MC times_NNT2 to_TO get_VVI the_AT needle_NN1 into_II Mr._NNB Broom_NP1 's_GE arms_NN2 and_CC legs_NN2 before_CS they_PPHS2 gave_VVD up_RP trying_VVG to_TO kill_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Biros_NP1 was_VBDZ jabbed_VVN only_RR a_AT1 few_DA2 times_NNT2 in_II each_DD1 arm_NN1 ._. 
Ohio_NP1 adopted_VVD the_AT single-drug_JJ formula_NN1 after_II the_AT botched_JJ execution_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 may_VM well_RR be_VBI an_AT1 improvement_NN1 over_II the_AT three-drug_JJ cocktail_NN1 ,_, or_CC may_VM not_XX ._. 
(_( Death_NN1 penalty_NN1 advocates_NN2 who_PNQS hailed_VVD it_PPH1 as_RG less_RGR painful_JJ have_VH0 no_AT way_NN1 ,_, obviously_RR ,_, of_IO knowing_VVG that_DD1 ._. )_) 
But_CCB the_AT execution_NN1 only_RR reinforced_VVN that_CST any_DD form_NN1 of_IO capital_NN1 punishment_NN1 is_VBZ legally_RR suspect_VV0 and_CC morally_RR wrong_JJ ._. 
Justice_NP1 Ruth_NP1 Bader_NP1 Ginsburg_NP1 noted_VVD ,_, in_II a_AT1 dissenting_JJ opinion_NN1 in_II a_AT1 death_NN1 penalty_NN1 case_NN1 last_MD year_NNT1 ,_, that_CST critics_NN2 have_VH0 charged_VVN that_CST the_AT three-drug_JJ cocktail_NN1 poses_VVZ a_AT1 serious_JJ risk_NN1 that_CST the_AT inmate_NN1 will_VM suffer_VVI severely_RR ._. 
The_AT one-drug_JJ method_NN1 was_VBDZ not_XX used_VVN before_II last_MD week_NNT1 on_II human_JJ beings_NN2 ,_, and_CC Ohio_NP1 should_VM not_XX have_VHI used_VVN it_PPH1 without_IW a_AT1 more_RGR public_JJ airing_NN1 of_IO its_APPGE strengths_NN2 and_CC weaknesses_NN2 ,_, with_IW input_NN1 from_II medical_JJ and_CC legal_JJ authorities_NN2 ._. 
The_AT larger_JJR problem_NN1 ,_, however_RR ,_, is_VBZ that_CST changing_VVG a_AT1 lethal-injection_JJ method_NN1 is_VBZ simply_RR an_AT1 attempt_NN1 ,_, as_CSA Justice_NP1 Harry_NP1 Blackmun_NP1 put_VVD it_PPH1 ,_, to_TO "_" tinker_VVI with_IW the_AT machinery_NN1 of_IO death_NN1 ._. "_" 
No_RRQV31 matter_RRQV32 how_RRQV33 it_PPH1 is_VBZ done_VDN ,_, for_IF the_AT state_NN1 to_TO put_VVI someone_PN1 to_II death_NN1 is_VBZ inherently_RR barbaric_JJ ._. 
It_PPH1 has_VHZ also_RR become_VV0 clear_JJ --_NN1 particularly_RR since_CS DNA_NN1 evidence_NN1 has_VHZ become_VVN more_RGR common_JJ --_NN1 how_RRQ unreliable_JJ the_AT system_NN1 is_VBZ ._. 
Since_II 1973_MC ,_, 139_MC people_NN have_VH0 been_VBN released_VVN from_II death_NN1 row_NN1 because_II21 of_II22 evidence_NN1 that_CST they_PPHS2 were_VBDR innocent_JJ ,_, according_II21 to_II22 the_AT Death_NN1 Penalty_NN1 Information_NN1 Center_NN1 ._. 
An_AT1 untold_JJ number_NN1 of_IO innocent_JJ people_NN have_VH0 also_RR ,_, quite_RG likely_JJ ,_, been_VBN put_VVN to_II death_NN1 ._. 
Earlier_RRR this_DD1 year_NNT1 ,_, a_AT1 fire_NN1 expert_NN1 hired_VVN by_II the_AT state_NN1 of_IO Texas_NP1 issued_VVD a_AT1 report_NN1 that_CST cast_VV0 tremendous_JJ doubt_NN1 on_II whether_CSW a_AT1 fatal_JJ fire_NN1 --_NN1 for_IF which_DDQ Cameron_NP1 Todd_NP1 Willingham_NP1 was_VBDZ executed_VVN in_II 2004_MC --_NN1 was_VBDZ arson_NN1 at_RR21 all_RR22 ._. 
Until_CS his_APPGE execution_NN1 ,_, Mr._NNB Willingham_NP1 protested_VVD his_APPGE innocence_NN1 ._. 
Most_DAT states_NN2 still_RR have_VH0 capital_JJ punishment_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT Obama_NP1 administration_NN1 has_VHZ so_RG far_RR shown_VVN a_AT1 troubling_JJ commitment_NN1 to_II it_PPH1 ,_, pursuing_VVG federal_JJ capital_NN1 cases_NN2 even_RR in_II states_NN2 that_CST do_VD0 not_XX themselves_PPX2 have_VHI the_AT death_NN1 penalty_NN1 ._. 
Earlier_RRR this_DD1 year_NNT1 ,_, New_NP1 Mexico_NP1 repealed_VVD its_APPGE death_NN1 penalty_NN1 ,_, joining_VVG 14_MC other_JJ states_NN2 --_NN1 and_CC the_AT District_NN1 of_IO Columbia_NP1 --_NN1 that_CST do_VD0 not_XX allow_VVI it_PPH1 ._. 
That_DD1 is_VBZ the_AT way_NN1 to_TO eliminate_VVI the_AT inevitable_JJ problems_NN2 with_IW executions_NN2 ._. 
